Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Wayside cross
Killeen, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross
- Coordinates
- 53.53386, -6.59671
- SMR number
- ME038-014----
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
Known locally as the Cruise monument, the wayside cross consists of a damaged shaft (H 0.77m; Wth dims 0.34m x 0.26m) and rectangular base (dims 0.48m x 0.38m; H 0.38m), cut from a single stone. Decorated with eight figures framed by decoration it can be ascribed to King's Group 1 typology and dates to c.1470. It is inscribed THOMAS PLUNKET/MARIA CRUYS on the south side of the base. (King 1984, 99)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of revision: 18 February 2015
References
King, H. 1984 Late medieval crosses in County Meath. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 84C, 79-115.
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringwork and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.