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Cross-slab

Aghintober, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-slab, Aghintober, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aghintober
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.95094, -8.00257
SMR number
LE031-127002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A cross-slab (H 0.66m plus; Wth 0.28m; T 6cm) is retaining the W side of St Bridget’s Well (LE031-127001-) (Ward 1990, 77). It has a deeply-incised ringed cross with a double-ring (diam. 0.28m) on one face.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 14 September, 2015

References

Ward, T. 1990 A history of Drumsna and its environs. Author. Carrick-on-Shannon.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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