Survey Data
Reg No
30411110
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
88149, 207936
Date Recorded
12/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding limestone cenotaph, erected at roadside in memory of Catherine Gill née Flaherty who died 1846. Comprises rubble plinth with roughly dressed coping, cross finial to top. Front face of cenotaph of dressed stone having two-tier arrangement of recessed inscribed limestone plaques. Quarter arc of sun's rays to top corners of upper plaque.Monument set into karst limestone.
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.