Cross in Míobhaigh, County Donegal

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What is recorded here

A small roughly-cut simple cross .7m high and originally c. 0.35m wide at the arms (the S arm is now broken off). It is situated in a modern shrine by the roadside on a flat terrace of rough pasture falling sharply to Mulroy Bay to the E. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG016-005

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