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Tomb, hogback
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Hogback: possibly tenth century, of granite. It is decorated in false relief ornament, with lozenge motifs and a Latin cross (dims. L 1.78m; Wd 0.48m; Th 0.39m). (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 102) Date of upload: 8 September 2016
Tenth-century hogback stone, likely Christian in origin, decorated with lozenge motifs and a Latin cross. It represents early medieval artistic and religious traditions in Ireland.

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