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The head and part of the shaft of a disc-headed cross (H c. 0.5m) were in Donore graveyard (ME020-011001-)in 1968. One side is plain and the other has a raised cross in a solid ring, a cap and blank panelling. It was not present in 1984, but it might be inside the locked watch house.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME020-011003

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