Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - High cross (present location)
Cloone (mohill By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloone (mohill By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94695, -7.78430
- SMR number
- LE033-008003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The transom or cross-arm of the high cross of Cloone was at the head of a grave in the graveyard attached to the site of the early monastery (LE033-006001-), but it was moved to the small graveyard of St. Mary’s when that graveyard was conserved in the early 1990s. It is a sandstone (dims 0.24m x 0.2m; L 0.77m) with the hollowed angles at the crux of a typical high cross. There is a double moulding around the edges and single figures on each side. One is a bishop with vestments and holding a crozier; the other is probably Christ performing a blessing as he appears to be fully clothed with hands extended from the elbows, palms forward. One end panel has an intricate interlace but while the opposite panel is less clear it is probably of the same design. (Kelly 1993, 158-61)
See the attached image of Christ performing a blessing
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 December, 2019
References
Kelly, D. 1993 Some remains of high crosses in the west of Ireland. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 123, 152-63.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.