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Cross-inscribed stone

Lemanaghan, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-inscribed stone, Lemanaghan, County Offaly, 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
Lemanaghan
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.29299, -7.74395
SMR number
OF015-004033-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

A monastery at Lemanaghan (Liath Manchán) was founded in the 7th century by Manchán whose feastday is celebrated on the 24th of January (Ó Riain 2011, 429). Early Christian cross-inscribed stone the location of which is now lost. Described by Crawford (1911, 152-3) as a ‘rough piece of reddish sandstone, 27 inches (0.68m) by 20 inches (0.5m) by 4 inches (0.1m) thick, having a Greek cross, with almost square expanded ends, and centre bounded by curved lines, incised in a circle 14½ inches (0.37m) in diameter, and surrounded by a second circle 2 inches (0.05m) larger. The centre contains an irregular hollow or cup, which seems to have been smaller originally and to have formed the centre of a crosslet. The latter is now almost obliterated by the flaking away of the stone. This slab is lying on a grave west of the church (OF015-004003-) and close to the stile in the boundary-wall (OF015-004004-)’. This cross-inscribed stone is remarkably similar to a cross-inscribed stone (OF015-004022-) recorded in 1988 (Kelly 1998, 97).

Compiled and revised by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of revised upload: 17 August 2018

References

Crawford, H.S. 1911 The early slabs at Lemanaghan, King's County. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 151-6.

Kelly, D. 1988 Cross-carved slabs from Latteragh, Co. Tipperary. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 118, 92-100.

Nearby in the register

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

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