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Located on the NW edge of Drumcliff graveyard (SL014-084002-), incorporated into the 19th-century mortared stone wall which encloses the graveyard. This medieval plain stone cross is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘Ancient stone’ on the 1940-41 OS 6-inch map. It consists of the cross shaft set in a stone base…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL008-084005
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maelor at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ca
- Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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