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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. Chester-le-Street

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RecordAuthor Máirín Mac Carron
ISODate 2002-07-25
Date 25 July 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Durham
Townland Chester-le-Street
OSMapRef NZ 275515
Area England
GeneralContext Cross Shaft fragment.
Location Upper Room of Anchorage at Chester-le-Street.
Dimensions 88.5cm (34.9'') high, 26.6cm (10.5'') wide, and 21cm (8.25'') deep.
GeneralContext Stone Type: medium-/coarse-grained, massive pale yellow sandstone.
GeneralDescription Cross shaft fragment, dated to late ninth century. The shaft has four distinct areas.
GeneralDescription Panel at the top of the shaft: this has two animal heads growing from a common neck. They are of the canine type and their mouths are open showing their tongues. The beast on the left is licking the ear of the horse on the next panel, below. The beast on the right has a prominent fang.
GeneralDescription The next panel has a man on horseback. He is riding to the left. He is carrying a round shield with a small central boss, which covers his entire body from his neck to his feet. He also appears to wear a rounded cap.
GeneralDescription The third panel has a motif formed from a closed circuit strand forming four loops which are threaded through with two circles, making a form of ring-knot.
GeneralDescription This panel has a motif formed by a split plait, threaded through by a single circle.

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