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Cross in Elmvale

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Described in the OS Letters as near Elm Vale house which was ‘called by the peasantry Tigh na Croise or House of the Cross’ (Comber 1997, 14) and described by Westropp (1900, 140) as one of two crosses ‘which marked the church lands at Crossard and Elmvale (Crossoughter)’. The location of this cross is unknown. ‘Brian Boru’s Well’ (CL016-100----) is located c. 111m to the S of Elmvale House.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL016-128

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  • Night of the Big Wind, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
  • Keith Salvesen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Muimhneach, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Bob Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adrian King, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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