Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Cloonburren, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonburren
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.31368, -8.05183
- SMR number
- RO056-007004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on the summit of an esker within view of Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly (OF005-004----) c. 4.5km to the ENE. A fragment of a cross (dims 0.3m x 0.15m; H 0.45m) with dog-tooth decoration on a side-panel and a secondary carving in low relief on the N face is set in a cross-base (RO056-007006-) within the graveyard (RO056-007001-). A third carving on the S face depicts a robed figure above a leaf design and was first recorded by Gary Dempsey.
See the attached image of the N face of the cross.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 23 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.