What is recorded here

Emlagh Cross is a cross, high cross in Emlagh (castlereagh By., Castlereagh Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on a plinth at the Emlagh church site, where a granite fragment rises 0.95m with two interlace panels on the south face and a spiral on the north. A separate cross-head surmounts the fragment, completing the monument now kept in state guardianship.

Situated on a plinth on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge at Emlagh church site (RO027-034001-). Granite cross-fragment (dims 0.35m x 0.2m; H 0.95m). Two panels of interlace in relief on the S face and spiral is on the N face. The other faces are plain, and the cross-head (RO027-034011-) surmounts it. (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 86-7, No. 94) This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 397 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Emlagh Cross is a fragment of a high cross, likely carved in the 9th or 10th century, featuring interlace and spiral motifs typical of early Christian Irish art. It is associated with the Emlagh church site and may have had a liturgical or commemorative function.

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