Cross in Ballyallaban, County Clare

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What is recorded here

On the grounds of ‘Ballyallaban House’, in the NW sector of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (CL005-095001-). A small, plain, stone Latin cross (H 0.71; Wth at base 0.29m; Wth at top 0.1m; T 0.11m; Wth of arms 0.31m; H 0.11m) erected on a low, drystone rectangular platform (L 1.88m NE-SW; Wth 1.62m NW-SE; H1.1-1.25m.). A bullaun stone (CL005-095002-) lies at the NW floor of the platform. See attached image: CL005-095002-_01.JPG View of cross from NE. (Bullaun at base circled.) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 20 January 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL005-095003

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