Survey Data
Reg No
30411113
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
88177, 207914
Date Recorded
12/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding limestone cenotaph, erected in memory of Martin O'Flaherty who died 1848. Comprises rubble plinth with step at mid-point, upper half having dressed stone front face with recessed inscribed limestone plaques. Roughly dressed coping stones and equal-armed cross to top of monument. 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.