What is recorded here
Emlagh cross is a cross, high cross in Emlagh (castlereagh By., Castlereagh Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on a plinth at the crest of a low ridge beside the church site, preserving a limestone fragment with interlace carved in relief on one face and incised on the others. The stone is protected as a National Monument, keeping a visible part of the local ecclesiastical heritage intact.
Situated on a plinth on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge at Emlagh church site (RO027-034001-). Limestone cross-fragments (dims 0.35m x 0.24m; H 0.93m) with interlace in relief on the E face and incised on the other sides. (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 87, No. 95)
This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 397
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Church in Emlagh (castlereagh By., Castlereagh Ed)Church · 61 yd
Emlagh WellHoly well · 205 yd
Longford Houserectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house · 1618 yd
Silver IslandIslet · 1.4 mi
Castlereagh HouseCastle, unclassified · 2.1 mi
Coolougher WoodForest · 4.1 mi
Site of Killomaine Grave YardArchaeological place · 6.3 mi
Rook HillMountain / peak · 6.7 mi