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Cross in Toureen is a cross in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. Three fragments of a plain rectangular cross are cemented to the external east wall of the Toureen Peacaun monastery church, 3.78 metres from the northeast angle. The surviving pieces form the upper shaft, one arm and the lower shaft, leaving a large rectangular mortise where the other arm is missing.

Three fragments of a plain cross are currently cemented to the external E wall of the church (TS075-023001-) at Toureen Peacaun monastery, 3.78m from the NE angle. Fragments consist of the upper shaft (H 0.469; max. Wth 0.214; T 0.16), one arm (max. L 0.541m; L of intact arm to central circular depression 0.392; H 0.224; T 0.139) and the lower shaft (H 0.57m; max. Wth 0.252m) of a rectangular cross with a small rectangular tenon (H 0.016m) for some form of cap. The cross has a large rectangular mortise for a missing arm (Waddell and Holland 1990, 179). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 March 2014

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