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Cross

Cross, High cross

What is recorded here

Located to the SE of nave and chancel church (WI023-028001-) close to the S boundary wall of the graveyard (WI023-028004-). Described by Harbison (1992, 96) as ‘near the south-east corner of Reefert church (WI023-028001-) there is a cross of shale about 1.90 m tall and measuring 69 cm across the arms. At the centre of the imperforate ringed head there is a cross with expanding terminals placed in a circle. There are knots of interlace in the expanded terminals and also between the arms of the cross’. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 20 December 2012 See linked document with drawing of cross taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.

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