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    Monuments: C
  1. Monuments: C
    1. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face.
    2. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face. Detail top of shaft.
    3. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face. Lower Panels Detail.
    4. Camus. Cross Shaft. East Face. Lower panels detail.
    5. Camus. Cross Shaft. West Face. Detail. Top of shaft.
    6. Carlisle
    7. Carndonagh. Ringless Cross. Close up of the Crucifixion and the three women going to the tomb of Jesus
    8. Carndonagh. Ringless Cross. Close up of the Head of the Cross.
    9. Carndonagh. Ringless Cross. Close up of the three women going to the tomb of Jesus
    10. Cashel. 'St. Patrick's Cross'. West Face.
    11. Cashel. 'St. Patrick's Cross'. West Face. Cast - Outside. Crucifixion
    12. Castledermot. General View. North Cross. South side.
    13. Castledermot. General View. North Cross. West Face.
    14. Castledermot. General View. North Cross. West Face.
    15. Castledermot. General View. South Cross. North Side.
    16. Castledermot. General View. South Cross. South Side.
    17. Castledermot. General View. South Cross. West Face.
    18. Castor
    19. Chester-le-Street
    20. Chesterton
    21. Chesterton
    22. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel NW 1.
    23. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. Detail of Shaft. Panel NW2
    24. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. Detail of Shaft. Panel NW3.
    25. Clones. Composite Cross. North West Face. General View of Shaft.
    26. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Cross Head.
    27. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel SE 1.
    28. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel SE 2.
    29. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. Detailed View of Shaft. Panel SE 3.
    30. Clones. Composite Cross. South East Face. General View of Shaft.
    31. Clonmacnois.
    32. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures.
    33. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. East Face. Detail of Head.
    34. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. North Side.
    35. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. North Side. Panel N2.
    36. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. South Side.
    37. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. South Side. Panel S2
    38. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Cross Head.
    39. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Panel W1.
    40. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Panel W2.
    41. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face. Panel W3.
    42. Clonmacnois. Detailed View. South Cross. West Face. Panel W3. Crucifixion.
    43. Clonmacnois. Detailed view of two panels. Cross of the Scriptures. East Face.
    44. Clonmacnois. General View. Cross of the Scriptures. East Face.
    45. Clonmacnois. General View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face.
    46. Clonmacnois. General View. Cross of the Scriptures. West Face.
    47. Clonmacnois. General View. South Cross. West Face.
    48. Codford St Peter
    49. Collingham
    50. Collingham
    51. Cropthorne
    52. Cropthorne
    53. Cundall
    54. Cundall
    55. Cundall
    56. Cundall
    57. Cundall
    58. Cundall
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Monuments: C

1. Camus. Cross Shaft. West Face. Detail. Top of shaft.

Image
RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-04-17
Date 17 April 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Derry
Townland Camus
OSMapRef C-871.288
Area Ireland
GeneralContext There is a red sandstone cross shaft close to the entrance of an old graveyard at Camus. It stands on a stepped base. The shaft measures 1.95m high and 55cm wide, with a thickness of 43cm.
GeneralContext East Face
GeneralContext E1 Adoration of the Magi. New Testament. Matt 2.
GeneralContext E2 The Baptism of Christ. New Testament. Matt 3. Mark 1. Luke 3.
GeneralContext E3 The Marriage feast of Cana. New Testament. John 2.
GeneralContext E4 The Multiplication of the loaves and fishes. New Testament. Matt 14. Mark 6. Luke 9. John 6.5.
GeneralContext South Side
GeneralContext S1 C shaped pelta formed spirals
GeneralContext S2 Fretwork patterns into spiral bosses
GeneralContext S3 2 sets of lion like animals
GeneralContext S4 boss of interlace in a quadrangle
GeneralContext West Face
GeneralContext W1 Eve gives the apple to Adam. Old Testament. Genesis.
GeneralContext W2 Cain slays Abel. Old Testament. Genesis.
GeneralContext W3 Noah's Ark. Old Testament. Genesis.
GeneralContext W4 The Sacrifice of Isaac. Old Testament. Genesis.
GeneralContext North Side
GeneralContext N1 ? fretwork and small bosses
GeneralContext N2 c shaped spirals in interlinked pairs
GeneralContext N3 3 quad. bosses of interlace
GeneralDescription This is a detailed view of the west face of the sandstone cross shaft at Camus, Co. Derry.
GeneralDescription West Face
GeneralDescription W3 Noah's Ark. Old Testament. Genesis.
GeneralDescription W4 The Sacrifice of Isaac. Old Testament. Genesis.
GeneralDescription In W3 the ark rests on 3 supports representing Mount Ararat. Three heads may be seen looking out of windows on the side of the vessel.
GeneralDescription In W4 Abraham is the larger figure standing over Isaac who is bent over the altar.
West This is a detailed view of the west face of the sandstone cross shaft at Camus, Co. Derry.
West West Face
West W3 Noah's Ark. Old Testament. Genesis.
West W4 The Sacrifice of Isaac. Old Testament. Genesis.
West In W3 the ark rests on 3 supports representing Mount Ararat. Three heads may be seen looking out of windows on the side of the vessel.
West In W4 Abraham is the larger figure standing over Isaac who is bent over the altar.

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