Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Friarsquarter West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Friarsquarter West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62633, -9.22055
- SMR number
- MA118-022012-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered beneath W doorway of abbey (MA118-022002-) during excavations, 1992. Now set beneath E window, in abbey interior. Limestone slab (L 1.67m; Wth 0.45m; T 0.18m), cracked in two pieces. Narrow stemmed cross (L 1.45m; Wth 0.39m) with round terminals, incised on upper surface. Sides of upper surface of slab have been chamfered, very rough in parts.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 632.
Date of upload: 14 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.