Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Churchyard cross (present location)
Moynalvy, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moynalvy
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47757, -6.68012
- SMR number
- ME043-028001-
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 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · 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
Situated in a little garden outside the Roman Catholic church of St Mary's at Moynalvy are the late medieval crosses from Arodstown church (ME043-015----) and Kilmore church (ME043-042----) (Moore 1975, 38-9, 46-7). The cross from Kilmore is described by King (1984, 104-05) as:
Removed from Kilmore c. 1966 where it had been since 1837 (Moore 1975, 38), and re-erected here. Material: Sandstone/fine-grained granite. Dims: H 0.5m; span; 0.43m. T 0.2m. Disc-headed cross with short arms, a lower shaft and upper shaft. Decorated on the N and S sides in false relief, the lower edges are outlined by rope moulding. No inscriptions, and has very long arms. The perizonium is a ‘bow’-shaped raised moulding. N: The five wounds in a circular panel with crown of thorns, ladder, scourge, hammer, three nails and pliers. A date c. 1575 is suggested as the crucifixion parallels one on a dated cross-slab (ME043-042002-) at Kilmore.
Date of upload: 24 March, 2015
References
Moore, B. F. E. 1975 Kilmore and Arodstown churches and graveyards. Ríocht na Mídhe, 6, 1, 38-49.
King, H. 1984 Late medieval crosses in County Meath. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 84C, 79-115.
Nearby in the register
- Cross - Churchyard cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.