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Cross

Drumcliff South, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross, Drumcliff South, County Sligo, 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
Drumcliff South
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Ancient stone
Coordinates
54.32608, -8.49536
SMR number
SL008-084005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on the NW edge of Drumcliff graveyard (SL014-084002-), incorporated into the 19th-century mortared stone wall which encloses the graveyard.
This medieval plain stone cross is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘Ancient stone’ on the 1940-41 OS 6-inch map. It consists of the cross shaft set in a stone base block. The head of the cross is missing.
The base block consist of a large, worked boulder, rectangular in plan (c. 1m NNE−SSW; c. 0.8m WNW−ESE; H 0.5m) which tapers towards a flat top with a central mortise, in which the cross shaft is set. The shaft is fashioned from rough-textured, brown sandstone. It is rectangular in cross-section (Wth 0.58m; T 0.26m), and tapers gently from base to top, rising to a height of 2.86m above the base block. Both the base block and shaft are devoid of decoration. There is a high cross (SL008-084004-) 30 m to E.

Attached images:
SL008-084005-_01.JPG Viewed from NW
SL008-084005-_02.JPG Viewed from N
SL008-084005-_03.JPG Viewed from SE

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 3 November 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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