What is recorded here
On roadside, 430m SSW of Clontuskert Abbey (GA088-001----). Only one piece of the shaft of this limestone cross (Wth 0.22m, H 0.45m), octagonal in section, survives. It stands in a broken rectangular limetone base (L 0.5m, Wth 0.4m, H 0.12m) which has a chamfered edge around the socket. The shaft and base stand on top of a small subcircular earthen mound (E-W 4.8m, N-S 4.4m, H 0.5m). II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA088-004
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Clontuskert Abbey (in ruins)Religious house, Augustinian canons · 480 ydField system in AbbeyparkField system · 572 ydClontuskert National SchoolSchool · 1663 ydBallagh Castle (in Ruins)Castle, unclassified · 2.1 miArdcarn IslandsIslet · 2.1 miEuropean Beech2.1 miEuropean Beech2.2 miUrraghry HillMountain / peak · 3.0 miThe bloody HollowHeritage attraction · 3.7 miBallymore CastleCastle, tower house · 3.7 miBattle of AughrimMajor battlefield · 4.0 mi
Clontuskert Abbey (in ruins)Religious house, Augustinian canons · 480 ydField system in AbbeyparkField system · 572 yd
Clontuskert National SchoolSchool · 1663 ydBallagh Castle (in Ruins)Castle, unclassified · 2.1 miArdcarn IslandsIslet · 2.1 mi
European Beech2.1 miEuropean Beech2.2 miUrraghry HillMountain / peak · 3.0 miThe bloody HollowHeritage attraction · 3.7 mi_(geograph_4071679).jpg/250px-Castles_of_Connacht-_Ballymore,_Galway_(1)_(geograph_4071679).jpg "Photo: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Ballymore CastleCastle, tower house · 3.7 mi.jpg/250px-Battle_of_Aughrim_by_Jan_Wyk_(cropped).jpg "Photo: Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain")
Battle of AughrimMajor battlefield · 4.0 miPictures: JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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