Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Rahan Demesne, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahan Demesne
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27873, -7.61247
- SMR number
- OF016-015003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Described by Crawford as 'the lower portion of a slab 1 ft. 6 in. by 1 ft. 6 in. incised with a two lined latin cross, surrounded by a single line ring below which the shaft begins, across the stone are traces of four lines of lettering' (Crawford 1916, 166; JAPMDI vol. ix, 105). Not visible at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.