Cross, Clooney Road, Eglinton, Co Londonderry, BT47 3DR is a listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Cross, Clooney Road, Eglinton, Co Londonderry, BT47 3DR
- WRENN ID
- secret-gable-rowan
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- C 560 209
- Coordinates
- 55.03263, -7.12394
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a schist stone cross, likely of medieval or earlier origin, situated on the south side of Clooney Road, near Eglinton, County Londonderry. While its current location is believed to be a later relocation, it retains a very old appearance. The cross stands approximately 20 metres from the roadside hedge, within a steeply sloping field, and is enclosed by a metal post and wire fence. Recent housing is located to the east.
The cross itself is approximately 900 millimetres high and 600 millimetres across, with a shaft measuring roughly 350 by 150 millimetres. The north face of the shaft has a rebated arris, which tapers. This rebate is returned on the underside of the eroded crossheads, and the upper part of the shaft is virtually worn away, appearing as a stump. There are otherwise no discernible markings.
Historical records, including the Ordnance Survey Memoirs, suggest the cross was formerly found inverted in a ditch and has been moved from its original location, which was closer to the old churchyard, about 1.9 kilometres to the east. The cross functions as a memorial and is considered a monument.
Local climate
Cross, Clooney Road, Eglinton, Co Londonderry, BT47 3DR sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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