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Cross - High cross

Crossmoyle, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross - High cross, Crossmoyle, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Crossmoyle
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cross
Latest-edition OS map
Cross
Coordinates
54.17947, -7.23255
SMR number
MO011-010005-

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 the Diamond, original location is believed to have been close to the round tower (MO011-010002-). Composed of two separate parts which didn't originally belong together. Depictions of Adam and Eve and the Sacrifice of Isaac and Daniel in the Den of Lions on W face while E face displays illustrations of the Adoration of the Magi, the Marriage Feast of Cana, the Multiplication of the Loves and Fishes and the Crucifixion. The two sides are decorated with geometric designs and bosses. (Harbison 1992, 45-7; Nos 48/49; figs 126-7)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 112

See the attached views _1 from SE; _2 from NW; _3 Christ in Glory on the S face; _4 Daniel in the Lion's den

Date of upload: 14 April 2011

References

Harbison, P. 1992 The high crosses of Ireland: an iconographical and photographic survey, 3 vols. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy. Bonn. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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