Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed pillar
Laragh West, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laragh West
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05789, -6.38133
- SMR number
- WI017-003----
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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
Situated on the cliffs above Lough Ouler to the S of the summit of Tonelagee. A mica-schist pillar (H 1.38m; Wth 0.46m; T 0.09m) inscribed with a Latin cross on each face. That on the W face (dims. 0.13m x 0.25m) is slightly more distinct than that on the E side (dims. 0.16m x 0.09m); each is cut to a depth of about 10mm. (Information c. Manning, OPW)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.