Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Market cross
Limerick City,englishtown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Limerick City,englishtown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.66806, -8.62315
- SMR number
- LI005-017155-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Hardiman's map of Limerick (c. 1590 AD) shown the 'steps and shaft of a cross on the south side of the cathedral [LI005-017015-]' (O'Flaherty 2010, 2) which may be the market cross referred to in 13th century documents (ibid.).
References
O'Flaherty, E. 2010 Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 21, Limerick. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.