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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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Text and Image
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Monuments: C

1. Carndonagh. Ringless Cross. Close up of the three women going to the tomb of Jesus

Image
RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-04-17
Date 17 April 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Donegal
Townland Carndonagh
OSMapRef C-463.450
Area Ireland
GeneralContext The ringless cross is situated at the roadside just outside the Church of Ireland in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal. Its measurements are 2.53 m high, 1.1 m span, 68 cm width and 19 cm thick.
GeneralContext East Face
GeneralContext Shaft
GeneralContext E1 The three women going to the tomb of Christ. New Testament
GeneralContext E2 The Crucifixion. New Testament.
GeneralContext Head
GeneralContext Two strands of interlace which at the centre join to form 3 birds with curved beaks
GeneralContext South side
GeneralContext This side has 4 unidentified long robed figures, placed one above the other on the shaft.
GeneralContext West Face
GeneralContext Interlace
GeneralContext North side
GeneralContext No decoration
GeneralDescription This is a close up of the last panel on the most decorated East face of the cross shaft. E1 depicts the 3 women presumably going to the tomb, as it is below the crucifixion scene.
East This is a close up of the last panel on the most decorated East face of the cross shaft. E1 depicts the 3 women presumably going to the tomb, as it is below the crucifixion scene.

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