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Cross - High cross

Drumcliff South, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross - High 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
Coordinates
54.32625, -8.49364
SMR number
SL008-084015-

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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

In St Columba’s church in Drumcliff graveyard (SL008-084002-). The remains comprise two fragments. The first is built into the north interior wall of the porch of the Church of Ireland church (built 1809) beside a graveslab (SL008-084013-) to Elizabeth Soden (dated 1704). The exposed face (L 1m; T 0.30m) is decorated with a series of interlace designs similar to those on the high cross (SL008-08404-) in the graveyard (SL008-084002-). The second fragment is set into the west wall of the nave and forms part of the quoin of the S ingoing for the west door. The stone measures 1.05m along its exposed E face and 0.68m along the ingoing; it is 0.30m thick. The E face is decorated with similar ornament to the other fragment described above and has a small socket (L 0.14m; Wth 0.08m; D 0.07 ) at its N end. It seems likely that these two fragments formed part of the shaft of a high cross.

Attached images:
SL008-084015-_01.JPG fragment in W interior wall of church
SL008-084015-_02.JPG fragment in W interior wall of church, viewed from S
SL008-084015-_03.JPG fragment in W interior wall of church, viewed from N
SL008-084015-_04.JPG fragment in N interior wall of church porch, viewed from W
SL008-084015-_05.JPG fragment in N interior wall of church porch

Compiled by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 18 October 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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