Overview
Stone Cross — Strake is recorded as Cross-inscribed pillar in Mayo. Situated 16m E of the Abbey (MA085-013001-) in the eastern part of the graveyard. However, on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map (1840), its location is shown c. 45m W of it.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: By the time of the original Clare Island Survey (1909–11) (Westropp 1911a, 25, 37, also 17), it had been incorporated into the southern boundary wall of the adjoining National School, which had been built in 1887.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: Known as ‘Stáca na Cille’ (Mac Neill 1913, 31, MA085-020----), it comprises a tall, slender, parallel-sided pillar of stone (H 2.65m) of subrectangular section (Wth 0.45m × T.
What was found
The saved account records: Situated 16m E of the Abbey (MA085-013001-) in the eastern part of the graveyard.
What remains
The saved account records: The suggestion by Cullen and Gill (1992d, 2–3) that the cross was added to a pre-existing standing stone is unlikely.
Why it mattered
Stone Cross — Strake matters because the source ties cross-inscribed pillar to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: However, on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map (1840), its location is shown c. 45m W of it.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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