Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Wayside cross
Whitecross, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitecross
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross
- Coordinates
- 53.66468, -6.27260
- SMR number
- ME028-007----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a level landscape on the E side of the R132 Julianstown to Gormanstown and Balbriggan road, c. 1km SE of Julianstown bridge. Whitecross townland is marked on the Taylor and Skinner Maps of the Roads of Ireland (1783) and the cross is indicated as a feature (Andrews 1969, 2). An octagonal sandstone shaft (dims 0.29m x 0.29m; H 0.8m) has a mortice on top and half the sides have stops morphing into a rectangular form at the bottom. It is set in a rectangular limestone base (dims 0.82m x 0.72m; H c. 0.3m) with chamfered upper edges. There is no inscription. It is now in the front garden of a house.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 17 April, 2015
References
Ward, M. 1968 The parish of Ballygarth. Ríocht na Mídhe, 4, 2, 79-87.
Andrews, J.H. (ed.) 1969 Maps of the roads of Ireland. Shannon. Irish University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.