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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. The granite head sits on a plinth at the Emlagh church site and is cemented onto the cross-shaft. It has spandrels and a central boss on each face but no ring. The cross is a National Monument in state guardianship.
Situated on a plinth on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge at Emlagh church site (RO027-034001-), and cemented onto the cross-shaft (RO027-034008-). The granite head of a cross (H 0.45m; Wth 0.65m; T 0.15m) with spandrels but no ring, and with a central boss on each face. (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 87, No. 94, cross-head) This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 397 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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