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Graveyard in Tonaknock
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Tonaknock stone cross is situated opposite Killahan Church and graveyard (KE015-108001-. This carved limestone measures 3.5m high x .65m wide x .33m thick. It is of crude workmanship and marks an early stage in the development of the Irish high cross. The W face of the cross displays six circular motifs which may…

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Tonaknock stone cross is situated opposite Killahan Church and graveyard (KE015-108001-. This carved limestone measures 3.5m high x .65m wide x .33m thick. It is of crude workmanship and marks an early stage in the development of the Irish high cross. The W face of the cross displays six circular motifs which may symbolically represent the figure of Christ. The incised circular motifs would all appear to go in the same, clockwise direction. There are two at the head, two on the left arm, one in the centre, and one just below the central motif. The S arm of the cross is missing. This was, according to tradition, blown off by a cannonball during an attack on nearby Ballymacaquim Castle (KE015-110----). When O'Donovan (1841) visited this cross and took a description, the whole cross would appear to have been whitewashed. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 878.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE015-108003

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