Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Kilmoremoy, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmoremoy
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.12198, -9.16701
- SMR number
- MA030-051007-
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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
Located in the N half of a circular enclosure (MA030-051005-), which is situated within a burial ground (MA030-051004-) named League Cemetery.
An earth-fast, irregular-shaped elongated rock, probably bedrock (c. 4m N-S; c. 2m E-W; H 0.7m), has a cross-in-circle inscribed on the vertical W-face. The equal armed cross (H 0.23m; W 0.23m) is outlined by an incised groove, and is enclosed by two concentric circles (ext. diam. 0.4m), each outlined by a single incised groove. The shaft and arms of the cross extend the full diameter of the innermost circle (diam. 0.3m). The four quadrants between the arms of the cross are each defined by an incised arc, and there is a dimple, now barely discernible, in the centre of each quadrant. According to tradition, the stone is known as ‘Lia-na-manach’ (Stone of the monks).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 February 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.