Cross

Although marked on OS 6-inch maps 65m WNW of a church (GA016-013001-) and graveyard(GA016-013002-), this high cross has been fixed on the wall at the SW corner of the graveyard (pers. comm. Dr. Christy Cunniffe, 22 May 2013). Its original location (GA016-013006-) appears to have been on the summit of a hillock (Topgr. Files, NMI) but this has since been quarried away. It consists of the unfinished head of a sandstone cross (Wth 1.2m, H 1.4m) some 0.25m in thickness. The short arms appear to spring from a small solid ring. Both the arms and shaft are decorated with volutes. One face bears the outline of a figure in high relief with drooping outstretched arms and the head tilted slightly over the righ shoulder; evidently an unfinished figure of Christ. (Neary 1914, 125, no. 76; Crawford 1918, 176; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 28; Higgins 1987, 278, P1. 46b; Harbison 1992, 9-10, no. 3) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 29 May 2014

A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.