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Cross - Churchyard cross

Ballintemple, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross - Churchyard cross, Ballintemple, County Roscommon, 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
Ballintemple
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75405, -8.15054
SMR number
RO029-053004-

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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 fragment of the stem of a memorial cross (dims 0.23m x 0.17m; H 0.8m) dated 1628 (Siggins 1986b, 35) or 1605 is in the graveyard (RO029-053002-) of the parish church (RO029-053001-) of Cloonfinlough. The inscription reads: C:B / 1605 / COM.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Siggins, A. 1986b Some late medieval crosses in county Roscommon. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 1, 33-5.

Nearby in the register

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

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