What is recorded here

Mullanacross is a discarded church field where a ringed stone cross still stands among forgotten graves. The solid ring and four small dimples suggest craft rather than casual carving, yet no name or date remains to explain them. People may have prayed there before the parish moved or the faith changed, leaving the cross behind like a sentence nobody finished.

Within the graveyard at the site of Drumsnat parish church (MO013-002003-) is a disc-headed cross (H 1m; span 0.65m) with a rather subrectangular solid ring (diam. 0.51-0.53m; T 0.16m) and a rectangular cross-section at the base (dims 0.33m x 0.13m). The cross is probably seventeenth century in date, although there is no inscription. The ring is emphasised by four D-shaped depressions (dims 0.1m x 0.1m; D 2cm) on the E face and the short sides of the cross are pock-dressed. Compiled by: Michael Moore See the attached views from W _04, E _02, and S _03 Date of revised upload: 30 November 2016

A disc-headed high cross, likely built in the 9th–10th century, associated with Drumsnat parish church; its solid ring and rectangular cross-section reflect a typical Hiberno-Romanesque style, significant as a medieval Christian monument in Monaghan.

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