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Emlagh cross

Cross, High cross

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Emlagh cross is a cross, high cross in Emlagh (castlereagh By., Castlereagh Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on a plinth at the crest of a low ridge beside the church site, preserving a limestone fragment with interlace carved in relief on one face and incised on the others. The stone is protected as a National Monument, keeping a visible part of the local ecclesiastical heritage intact.
Situated on a plinth on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge at Emlagh church site (RO027-034001-). Limestone cross-fragments (dims 0.35m x 0.24m; H 0.93m) with interlace in relief on the E face and incised on the other sides. (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 87, No. 95) This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 397 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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