Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed pillar
Corkagh Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corkagh Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.26006, -8.74147
- SMR number
- SL013-108001-
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
Stone pillar (max. H 1.5m; max. Wth 0.34m), broader at the base than the top, aligned N-S and leaning slightly to E. The W face has been smoothed, on the lower half is a simple shallowly incised Latin cross with bifurcated terminals (L 0.48m). (Swift 2002, 138)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
References
Swift, C. 2002 Ogham stones in Sligo and their context. In M.A. Timoney (ed.), A celebration of Sligo: first essays for Sligo Field Club, 127-39. Sligo Field Club.
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