Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Nobber, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Nobber
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82121, -6.74916
- SMR number
- ME005-071012-
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
From King (2007, 54, No. 3) 'A small Latin cross, set in the ground to the south of where High cross (no. 1) was fpumd. It is 25cms in height above ground, 33cms in width and 12cms in depth. The stone was probably roughly dressed but the upper shaft of the cross is very worn and both faces have some damage. Both sides are decorated with an equal armed cross.'
Date of upload: 10 July, 2014
References
King, H. 2007 A medieval ‘Chapel Shrine' on Church Island, Lough Key, Co. Roscommon. In C. Manning (ed.), From ringforts to fortified houses, 353-386. Dublin. Wordwell .
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.