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Cross in High Island, County Galway (GA021-026079-)

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This cross, known only from Wakeman’s drawing of 1839 (Wakeman 1839a), is missing (Fisher 2014, 224-5, no. 62, Fig. 7.10). It stood in an irregular socketed cross-base. The cruciform cross had a slightly swollen shaft and stepped arms. The head appeared to end in a narrow finial. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 159, no. 37) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 23 November 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA021-026079

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