What is recorded here
Found in the foundations of the chancel of the medieval parish church of St Mary's Gowran (KK020-060006-), when the chancel was demolished in 1827 to make way for a C of I church (Brash 1872-3; 437; Dolan 2000, vol. 3, 112). The ogham stone (max H 1.51m; max. Wth 0.43m; D 0.33) bears a 'large cross potent, crookedly…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-060007
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- Jcgowran, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.no
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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