Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Churchyard cross
Magheross, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Magheross
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97164, -6.71919
- SMR number
- MO031-035005-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A headstone that is probably a re-used medieval churchyard cross (Davies ITA Survey 1942) is no longer present in the graveyard of Magheross parish church (MO031-035001-), but it has been described and illustrated by (Shirley 1879, 367). It has an expanded head which has chamfered edges and is decorated with running animals. The head also has the partial inscription: THIS AND / CROS THA / T IEVERM. The reverse had what appears to be intended as a harp.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 2 December 2016
References
Shirley, E.P. 1879 (Reprint 1988) The history of the county of Monaghan. London. Pickering.
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.