Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Ballinrumpa, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinrumpa
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross (Remains of)
- Coordinates
- 53.89244, -8.67309
- SMR number
- MA073-015----
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
In a thicket of overgrowth in a field of average pasture, located on a narrow NW–SE ridge, with good views. The location is named ‘Knocknacreisha’ on the 1919 OS 6-inch map. This cross is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is indicated as ‘Cross (Remains of)’ on the 1919 edition. There is no visible trace of the cross.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 4 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.