Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Toureen, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toureen
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40883, -7.99331
- SMR number
- TS075-023003-
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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
On a steep E-facing slope, the remains of the W cross survive 9m W of St Peakaun's church (TS075-023001-). In the 1940s the OPW erected a platform for the cross with steps leading up to it. The broken lower shaft (max. H 0.7m; Wth 0.29m; T 0.21m) formerly sat in a rectangular stone base (dims. 0.87m x 0.7m; H 0.33m) (Waddell and Holland 1990, 179). A second piece of the shaft (max. H 0.79m; Wth 0.26m; T 0.21m) was uncovered giving a total length of 1.32m (ibid). Faint lines on the pitted W face may represent a cross pattern (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 April 2014
References
Waddell, J. and Holland, P. 1990 The Peakaun site: Duignan's 1944 investigations. Tipperary Historical Journal, 165-86.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Sundialunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Inscribed slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.