Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Wayside cross
Hightown Or Balloughter, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hightown Or Balloughter
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross
- Coordinates
- 53.47333, -7.18485
- SMR number
- WM027-053----
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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
Described in 1979 as 'The cross marked as on roadside is no longer there. This cross is labelled on the Foras Forbartha list as 'The Plunkett Coss' ' (SMR file). Cross shown on 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map but not indicated on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.