Survey Data
Reg No
30411021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
86885, 210053
Date Recorded
11/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding limestone cenotaph, erected c.1863, set at roadside, with dedication to Patrick O'Donnell who died 1863 and wife (unnamed) died 1842. Comprises rubble plinth with roughly dressed moulded coping surmounted by cross finial with possible inscribed detail. Front face of dressed stone having two-tier arrangement of inscribed recessed limestone plaques.
Appraisal
This cenotaph is one of a remarkable series of distinctive memorials on Árainn, erected to the memory of local individuals who died in the nineteenth century. The combination of rubble limestone walling and inscribed plaques provides an interesting textural contrast.