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Cross — Wayside cross in Aglish (decies Within Drum By.)

Cross — Wayside cross
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Situated on a level, low-lying landscape, c. 470m NE of the SE-NW Goish stream. A stoup (Power 1898a, 204), later described as an octagonal font (ext. diam. c. 0.26m) with a basin 'six inches across (c. 15cm)' (Power 1938a, 58), is probably the base of the stem of a wayside cross with an octagonal cross-section (dims. 0.28m x 0.28m; H 0.42m) that is now inside the entrance to the graveyard at N. It has pyramid stops at the base and a circular mortice (diam. 13cm, D 6cm) on top. Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. Power, Rev. P. (1938a) Some old churches of Decies, JRSAI, 68, 55-68. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 03 February 2012

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