
What is recorded here
Freestanding cut limestone market cross, erected c.1860, comprising square-profile cut-stone pier having projecting pyramidal capping and cross finial, set on stepped plinth.
This rare example of a well executed cut limestone market cross serves as a local landmark in the centre of Ardrahan. Unusually, it lacks any explanatory inscription. Its form may perhaps be in imitation of the memorial or funerary monuments known as leachts erected at several locations in the county around the year 1700, and of similar general form.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
Places near here
Ferndaleschool · 42 yd
Ardrahan Garda Síochána StationRIC barracks · 46 yd
Castle (in ruins)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 208 yd
CaveMan-made underground passage · 557 yd
HawthornHawthorn · 2.9 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 2.9 mi
Kilmacduagh Monastic SiteVisitor information · 8.2 mi
Lambs IslandIslet · 8.5 miOther information
Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0