What is recorded here

St. Feighins Cross is a cross (wayside cross) in Ben, Clonnageeragh, County Westmeath, Ireland. A 1928 description noted that the site was marked on the Ordnance Survey map as St. Fechin's Cross but held nothing except a small rectangular platform of stones and clay on the south side of the road to Oldcastle. A 1980 account recorded that only the base of the cross survives as a low platform of earth and grass covered stones, measuring 2.2 metres by 1.4 metres and 0.55 metres high, built on a low natural rise near the boundary with County Meath.

Described in 1928 as 'This is marked on the Ordnance map as St. Fechin's Cross, but nothing now remains except a small rectangular platform of stones and clay. It is on the south side of the road to Oldcastle near the county boundary, 1 and a half miles N.E. of Fore' (Crawford 1928, 60-1, no. 12). Described in 1980 as 'Only the base of this cross survives. It is a low platform (dims. 2.2m NE-SW x 1.4m NW-SE; H 0.55m) of earth and grass covered stones built on a low natural rise or ridge. It is on the S side of a modern roadway just inside the fence. The field fence shown just S and SE of the cross on the 1914 ed. OS 6-inch map has been removed' (SMR file). The cross is only 150m W of the boundary with County Meath. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 June 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.