What is recorded here
Marked on OS 6-inch maps 65m WNW of a church (GA016-013001-) and graveyard, this high cross now lies against the outer face of W wall of the latter (see GA016-013008- for present location). The original site appears to have been on the summit of a hillock (Topgr. Files, NMI) but this has since been quarried away. It…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA016-013006
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
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