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Cross - Wayside cross

Fore, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross - Wayside cross, Fore, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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