What is recorded here
Freestanding cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, dated 1911. Inscribed (west): "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOUR OF St. COLUMBA/THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY/CORNELIA ADAIR SEPTEMBER 1911" and (east): "St. COLUMBA". Set in lawned area with mild steel "estate railings" to perimeter.
A Celtic High Cross-style monument erected (1911) by Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Adair (1837-1921) of Glenveagh Castle near or on the spot traditionally given as the birthplace of Saint Colmcille. The spot was previously marked by rock art labelled as ""Saint Columbkille's Stone"" on the first Ordnance Survey.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40904415
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- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ross, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Eric in SF, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rod Grealish, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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