Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Wayside cross
Fore, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fore
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67961, -7.22512
- SMR number
- WM008-097015-
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
Listed by Crawford as Cross No. 16 (Crawford 1928, 62). Depicted as ‘Cross’ on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map where it is shown standing in a triangular green in the village of Fore, Co. Westmeath. The cross is not shown at this location on earlier editions of the OS 6-inch maps and was originally located in the graveyard (WM008-097014-) of St. Mary’s Church (WM008-097002-) located 70m to the SE (ibid.). See WM008-097001- entry for full description of Wayside Cross at its current location.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 November 2013
References
Crawford, H. S. 1928 List of the Wayside Crosses near Fore, County Westmeath. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 58, 57-62.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.