Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Churchyard cross
Skreen, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skreen
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross
- Coordinates
- 53.58611, -6.56272
- SMR number
- ME032-047008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is a simple cross (H 1.5m; span 0.4m) with a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.28m x 0.16m) in the NE corner of the graveyard of Skreen church (ME032-047003-). The arms are short (L 0.06m) and there is a worn crucifixion in relief on the W side. The cross is probably 16th or 17th century in date. (Westropp 1894, 230)
See attached image taken from NE
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 January, 2015
References
Westropp, T. J. 1894 The churches of Dunsany and Skreen, Co. Meath. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 24, 222-31.
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.