Survey Data
Reg No
30340007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Cross
In Use As
Cross
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
146135, 212086
Date Recorded
31/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
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.
Appraisal
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.