Cross in Killaconnigan, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Within the graveyard (ME035-010001-) at the site of Killaconnigan church (ME035-010----). A small limestone cross (H 0.48m; span 0.31m) with octagonal cross-sections (dims 0.14m x 0.14m) to the stem and arms (L 8cm) is probably a finial cross and is set in the ground at the centre of the graveyard.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME035-010002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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