Fahan : Cross Pillar
Visit Notes
Sunday, 1st February 2004
This was the site of a sixth century monastic settlement founded by St. Mura, but nothing remains of that now. The cross slab is quite large - 1.6m tall x 1m wide - and has a large Latin cross carved on both sides. The west face also has two figures with long hair. Down one edge is one of Ireland's few Greek inscriptions.
As you enter the graveyard here it is worth taking note of the holed stone and the small cross slab that are mounted into the wall either side of the gateway.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
7.7 Km (NW) there is a Portal Tomb at Binn.
3.8 Km (SW) there is a Bullaun Stone at Carnaghan.
3.4 Km (SW) there is a Portal Tomb at Carnaghan known as Inch Island.
6.9 Km (SSE) there is a Stone Fort at Grianan of Ailech known as Grianan an Ailleach.
A Selection of Other Cross Pillars
 Tullaghore (Co. Antrim) |  Kilfountan (Co. Kerry) |  Toome (Co. Donegal) |
 Glencolmcille - station 13 (Co. Donegal) |  Glencolmcille - station 9 (Co. Donegal) |  St. Gobnat's Stone (Co. Cork) |
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This is an explanation of (and a bit of a disclaimer for) the coordinates I provide. Where a GPS figure is given this is the master for all other coordinates. According to my Garmin these are quite accurate. Where there is no GPS figure the 6 figure grid reference is master for the others. This may not be very accurate as it could have come from the OS maps and could have been read by eye. Consequently, all other cordinates are going to have inaccuracies. The calculation of Longitude and Latitude uses an algorithm that is not 100% accurate. The long/lat figures are used as a basis for calculating the UTM & ITM coordinates. Consequently, UTM & ITM coordinates are slightly out. UTM is a global coordinate system - Universal Transverse Mercator - that is at the core of the GPS system. ITM is the new coordinate system - Irish Transverse Mercator - that is more accurate and more GPS friendly than the Irish Grid Reference system. This will be used on the next generation of Irish OS maps. |
