What is recorded here
Mortons crosses stand in clusters of three to seven, yet this lone shaft lies broken in Rathmore West. Its octagonal limestone form tapers from a broad base to a narrow point, measuring just over a metre in length. The fragment rests prostrate among graves, stripped of its upper structure but preserving the geometry of its making. What completed the shape, and when the cross fell, has gone quiet.
In a graveyard (KD020-009006-). A fragmented, tapering, octagonal, limestone shaft (dims. L 1.02m; Wth 0.2-0.24m) lies prostrate. (Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 4, 432)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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