Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Fuerty, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fuerty
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61008, -8.26898
- SMR number
- RO039-063005-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Fragments of a cross-slab (dims 0.3m x 0.15m) with a swastika motif were acquired by the National Museum of Ireland in 1984 from Fuerty graveyard (RO039-063002-) (Siggins 1988, 55-6; Herity at al. 1997, 18, 036).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Herity, M., Kelly, D. and Mattenberger, U. 1997 List of Early Christian cross-slabs in seven north-western counties. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 127, 89-124.
Siggins, A. 1988 Some early Christian slabs from Fuerty and Clontuskert. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 2, 55-9.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.