Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Sheephouse, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheephouse
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70561, -6.40215
- SMR number
- ME020-011003-
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
The head and part of the shaft of a disc-headed cross (H c. 0.5m) were in Donore graveyard (ME020-011001-)in 1968. One side is plain and the other has a raised cross in a solid ring, a cap and blank panelling. It was not present in 1984, but it might be inside the locked watch house.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Amended: 15 December, 2014
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.