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    Monuments: A
  1. Monuments: A
    1. Aberlady
    2. Aberlemno no. 2
    3. Aberlemno no. 2
    4. Aberlemno no. 2
    5. Aberlemno no. 3
    6. Addingham
    7. Addingham
    8. Addingham
    9. Addingham
    10. Addingham
    11. Ahenny
    12. Ahenny. North Cross. East Face.
    13. Ahenny. North Cross. East Face. Base Detail. Close up.
    14. Ahenny. North Cross. North Side. Detail of Base.
    15. Ahenny. North Cross. South Side. Detail Base.
    16. Ahenny. North Cross. West Face.
    17. Ahenny. North Cross. West Face. Base Detail.
    18. Aldborough
    19. Aldborough
    20. Aldborough
    21. Aldborough
    22. Arboe: East face of Cross. Detail of Shaft
    23. Arboe: East face of Cross. Detail of Shaft
    24. Arboe: East face of Cross. Detail of Shaft.
    25. Arboe: East face of Cross. Detail of Shaft.
    26. Arboe: North face of Cross. Detail of Shaft
    27. Arboe: South face of Cross. Detail of Shaft
    28. Arboe: West face of Cross. Detail of Shaft
    29. Arboe. "Old Cross of Ardboe".
    30. Arboe. "Old Cross of Ardboe". Detail Cross Shaft. West Face.
    31. Ardchattan
    32. Ardross
    33. Armagh. Composite Cross. North Side. Lower fragment. N3 Panel details. Saints Paul and Anthony break bread in the desert.
    34. Armagh. Composite Cross. South Side. Lower and Upper fragments. ( Also known as The Market Cross)
    35. Armagh. Cross Fragment
    36. Auckland St Andrews
    37. Auckland St Andrews
    38. Auckland St Andrews
    39. Auckland St Andrews
    40. Auckland St Andrews
    41. Auckland St Andrews
    42. Auckland St Andrews
    43. Avebury
    44. Aycliffe
    45. Aycliffe
  2. Monuments: B

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Monuments: A

1. Armagh. Composite Cross. South Side. Lower and Upper fragments. ( Also known as The Market Cross)

Image
RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-04-16
Date 16 April 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Armagh
Townland Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh.
OSMapRef H-875.452
Area Ireland
GeneralContext In the Church of Ireland Cathedral Armagh cross fragments are mounted in the north western corner of the nave. At present two fragments of shaft are mounted together. It is argued that the two are not part of the same cross, but here they will be described as they stand. The measurements of the lower fragment are 1.59 m high, width 65 cm and thickness 38 cm. The upper fragment measures 75 cm high.
GeneralContext East face
GeneralContext Lower fragment
GeneralContext E1 Adam and Eve knowing their nakedness. Old Testament. Book of Genesis.
GeneralContext E2 Noah's Ark. Old Testament. Book of Genesis.
GeneralContext E3 The sacrifice of Isaac. Old Testament.
GeneralContext E4 Daniel in the lion's den. Old Testament. Book of Daniel.
GeneralContext Upper fragment
GeneralContext E5 Christ before the Doctors (?) New Testament
GeneralContext E6 The baptism of Christ (?) New Testament
GeneralContext South Side
GeneralContext Lower Fragment
GeneralContext S1 Cain slays Abel. Old Testament. Book of Genesis.
GeneralContext S2 David meets/kills Goliath. Old Testament.
GeneralContext S3 David slays the lion. Old Testament.
GeneralContext S4 too mutilated to identify
GeneralContext Upper fragment
GeneralContext S5 2 heads at top of panel, unidentified
GeneralContext S6 2 animals with their heads to the ground and with arched backs, similar to Cross of Ss. Patrick and Columba at Kells
GeneralContext West face
GeneralContext Lower fragment
GeneralContext W1 The Annunciation to the shepherds. New Testament.
GeneralContext W2 The Adoration of the Magi. New Testament.
GeneralContext W3 The Baptism of Christ. New Testament.
GeneralContext W4 The marriage feast at Cana. New Testament
GeneralContext Upper fragment
GeneralContext W5 The Second Coming. New Testament. Book of Revelation.
GeneralContext North Side
GeneralContext Lower fragment
GeneralContext N1 The three children in fiery furnace. Old Testament. Book of Daniel.
GeneralContext N2 Interlace. Two circles.
GeneralContext N3 Ss Paul and Anthony breaking bread in the desert. Hagiography.
GeneralContext N4 the temptation of St. Anthony. Hagiography.
GeneralContext Upper fragment
GeneralContext N5 and N6 both panels v. badly damaged. (?) larger figure central with two smaller flanking figures.
GeneralContext HEAD
GeneralContext A fragment has been erected 1m west of the shaft fragments1.2 m across the arms and 34 cm thick.
GeneralContext East face
GeneralContext The crucifixion. New Testament.
GeneralContext West face
GeneralContext The Last Judgement. New Testament. Book of Revelation.
GeneralDescription This image gives a close up of the south side, lower fragment of the cross shaft.
GeneralDescription S2 David meets/kills Goliath. Old Testament.
GeneralDescription S3 David slays the lion. Old Testament.
GeneralDescription S4 too mutilated to identify
GeneralDescription Upper fragment
GeneralDescription S5 2 heads at top of panel, unidentified
GeneralDescription S6 2 animals with their heads to the ground and with arched backs, similar to Cross of Ss. Patrick and Columba at Kells
South This image gives a close up of the south side, lower fragment of the cross shaft.
South S2 David meets/kills Goliath. Old Testament.
South S3 David slays the lion. Old Testament.
South S4 too mutilated to identify
South Upper fragment
South S5 2 heads at top of panel, unidentified
South S6 2 animals with their heads to the ground and with arched backs, similar to Cross of Ss. Patrick and Columba at Kells

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