Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Monasterredan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monasterredan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94099, -8.50257
- SMR number
- SL046-014007-
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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
In Monasterredan graveyard (SL046-014002-) and ecclesiastical enclosure (SL046-014003-).
An upright stone slab (H 0.55m) shaped like an inverted triangle, tapering from a width of 0.85m at the top to 0.4m at the bottom, incised with a simple Greek cross (Wth 0.23m; H 0.215) with T-shaped terminals.
The cross-slab was recorded as missing in 2005 (Egan et al. 2005). It was located in the SW quadrant of the graveyard in 2020 (pers. comm. C. Corlett).
Attached image: SL046-014007-_01
Revised upload: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 18 December 2020
References
Egan, U., Byrne, E., Sleeman, M. 2005 Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo, Vol. 1: South Sligo. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.