Survey Data
Reg No
31303019
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Belleek Abbey
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1870 - 1896
Coordinates
125413, 320973
Date Recorded
16/12/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding drag edged dragged cut-limestone funerary monument, extant 1896, on a cruciform plan. Set on artificial knoll in wooded grounds shared with Belleek Manor.
Appraisal
An eye-catching funerary monument erected to a design attributed to James Franklin Fuller (1835-1924) of Great Brunswick Street [Pearse Street], Dublin (Williams 1994, 301), "after" the Crown Spire of Saint Giles's Cathedral (1495; rebuilt 1648) in Edinburgh (Craig and Garner 1976, 33).