Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - High cross
Emly, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emly
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Stone Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Cross
- Coordinates
- 52.46243, -8.35163
- SMR number
- TS065-013004-
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
In the SW quadrant of the graveyard. This is traditionally known as St. Ailbe's cross. It is a sandstone imperforate ringed cross, 1.48m high and 0.19m deep, the top arm is 0.32m wide and there is a tapering shaft which is 0.4m wide at the bottom. The head of the cross is 0.57m wide, the side arms are very short, only projecting out 3cm. The west and east faces of the cross differ slightly in that the east face is more of a latin cross while the arms of the west face are thicker and do not have differentiated terminals (Harbison 1992, 87).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Harbison, P. 1992 The high crosses of Ireland: an iconographical and photographic survey, 3 vols. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy. Bonn. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH.
Nearby in the register
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.