Home

Who
What
Where
When
Why
Doonfeeny Cross Pillar
 

County

Mayo

Coordinates

N 54° 17' 54.0"   W 009° 24' 13.0"

Nearest town

Ballycastle

Grid Ref.

G 08667 39748

Map No.

23

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

50

Date of visit

Friday 11 June 2010

GPS Accuracy (m)

5
Show Google Map              Show Monuments in the area

    
    
 
PREVIOUS      NEXT
The slender cross pillar with Downpatrick Head in the background.


This cross pillar is actually a slender standing stone on which west side two crosses have been carved.
The first cross is thin in size, measuring 65 centimetres in height and only 20 in width. The other cross is inscribed into a circle and has a size of 25 centimetres each side.
The slender standing stone has an amazing height of 5.30 metres, but it's only 43 centimetres wide and 25 centimetres thick. It leans to the east at an angle of 10° and I think that someday it could tip over and break in many pieces.
It's so tall and slender that I took it for a telephone pole when we drove by it.


Browse by Monument Type
Browse by County
Browse by Date of Visit
Browse by Map Number

A-Z List

Clickable Counties
Clickable OS Maps Grid

Find a Map

Multimap

The days before GPS

The Stones in the Movies

Glossary
Links
Guestbook
FAQ

What's NEW?


Search


Site view counter: 25608908

Copyright © 1994-2024 Antonio D'Imperio
All the photos, the graphics and the texts on this website are automatically copyrighted to me under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886. Any violation of the copyright will be pursued according to the applicable laws.

info@irishstones.org

Powered by AxeCMS/CustomEngine(V0.25.00 build 999) by Sergio "Axeman" Lorenzetti. (C) 2009-2015

counter