What is recorded here
Three sandstone high crosses that are rather plain apart from roll mouldings, the base of another, a cross-slab and an ogham stone are displayed in the graveyard (ME016-006007-) of the early monastery of Diseart Chiaran (ME016-006----) (O'Connell 1957). The north cross (H 2.62m; Wth 1.1m) is ringed and has a shaft (0.53m x 0.47m) on a pyramidal base (dims at base 1.04m x 1m; H 0.75m). There is interlace at the ends of the arms and on the E face of the ring. (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 41-2)
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Date of upload: 6 June, 2014
Three sandstone high crosses that are rather plain apart from roll mouldings, the base of another, a cross-slab and an ogham stone are displayed in the graveyard (ME016-006007-) of the early monastery of Diseart Chiaran (ME016-006----) (O'Connell 1957). The north cross (H 2.62m; Wth 1.1m) is ringed and has a shaft (0.53m x 0.47m) on a pyramidal base (dims at base 1.04m x 1m; H 0.75m). There is interlace at the…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME016-006001
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