Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Gallen, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gallen
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.26476, -7.82390
- SMR number
- OF014-029027-
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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)
- 1811 · 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
Fragmentary sandstone cross-slab (dims. 0.74m x 0.51m x 0.07m) unearthed by Kendrick during his excavations in 1935 at Gallen priory. Described by Macalister as a slab with a 'wheel cross' (Macalister 1949, 75) which bears an inscription --]A[M]ACCATHAIL, that can be expanded to --]A [M]AC CATHAIL (Macalister 1949, 75). The cross design is identical to the cross-slab (OF014-029037-) which possibly bears an inscription now mainly lost. These two cross-slabs may be the same slab.
Reference
Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 75, Plate XLV drawing concise discussion
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.