Survey Data
Reg No
20846041
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1895 - 1900
Coordinates
138562, 41470
Date Recorded
20/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding limestone statue, erected 1898, comprising pike man holding copper pike, mounted on a square-profile limestone pedestal having cornice with plaques to each elevation and engaged polished pink granite columns to corners. Set on limestone ashlar stepped plinth.
Appraisal
A fine limestone statue designed by J. F. Davis, erected to commemorate the centenary of the 1798 Rebellion and specifically the men who died at the Battle of the Big Cross, near Clonakilty. The statue functions as a reminder of the events of 1798 and the importance of its centenary in the evolving national consciousness of the late nineteenth century. It makes a valuable contribution to the small square which was named in honour of the leader of the insurgents, Tadhg O’Donovan Astna.