Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab (present location)
Moneymore, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneymore
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.71675, -6.35047
- SMR number
- LH024-041101-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the porch of St. Peter's church is a cross-slab originally from Marlay graveyard (see LH018-041001- for original location record). The slab is roughly circular (max. L 0.82m; max. Wth 0.82m) with very irregular edges. It bears two crudely incised Latin crosses placed side by side. One is a linear cross with slightly curving bifid terminals. The other is a more elaborate version, with a linear circle joining the shaft and arms and a single incised line partly outlining the cross. The outer line is slightly convex rather than forked at three of the terminals and is missing above the upper terminal. An Irish inscription above and below the crosses reads 'Tnudach Cocmanf'. The crosses and inscription are enclosed by a roughly circular linear frame which is now partly defaced (Lionard 1961, 102, fig. l: 10; Macalister 1949, 31).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (entry 958) (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 21 June 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.