Situated on a rise in a low-lying landscape. St Abban’s cross, a Latin cross in green stone (H c. 3.8m; Wth 0.58m; T 0.2m), is set in a rectangular base (dims of top 0.8m x 0.8m) buried in the ground (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 9) and a decorated Romanesque fragment recorded from the graveyard (Leask 1955, vol. 1, 163) but no longer traceable are the only indications of the early church of St. Abán (WX031-023001-).
158628,WM04238,HICR,WM011-115003-,WESTMEATH,KILMACNEVAN,R185642,630902,757367,53.565295089999999,-7.533518890000000,Cross – High cross,Not indicated,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM011-115003-,Kilmacnevan monastic site placed on the Register of Historic Monuments in 1989. Extract from Iris Oifigiúil 25th April 1989. Possible base and ringed head of a high cross standing in S quadrant of graveyard (WM011-115001-) which contains the ruins of Kilmacnevan Church (WM011-015—) both of which are enclosed by an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (WM011-115002-). Lying on the surface of the graveyard is the head of a ringed cross of possible 10th-11th century date. Nearby is a circular stone with a hole in the centre

Monument Type: Cross – High cross

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