placenamesThe Cross
An Chrois
An early geological survey singled out the gravel mounds around The Cross.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Chrois · Irish · main form · validated name
- The Cross · English · main form
- Cross · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A landscape shaped by ice and water
The Geological Survey’s 1908 memoir described conspicuous gravel mounds at The Cross, spreading north and north-west. Its authors interpreted them as deposits left by prolonged meltwater discharge while ice still occupied the Faughan valley farther upstream. They also recorded tributary streams cutting through sand deposits up to 50 feet thick. A plan accompanying the account mapped these hills and channels, preserving an early scientific reading of the local landscape. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Tirkeeran
- Civil parish
- Cumber Lower
- Within
- Crossballycormick
- Coordinates
- 54.95323, -7.25072 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 129791 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — The Cross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The geology of the country around Londonderry (1908), page 59 and figure 8 · S. B. Wilkinson, A. McHenry, J. R. Kilroe and H. J. Seymour; Geological Survey of Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.