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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. Castledermot. General View. South Cross. North Side.

Image
RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-04-18
Date 18 April 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Kildare
Townland Castledermot
OSMapRef S-783.851
Area Ireland
Location Church of Ireland, Castledermot, Co. Kildare.
Measurements Cross 2.67 m high and 1.05 m across
Shaft 38 cm x 21 cm thick
Base 67 cm high x 1 m x 93 cm
Material Granite
GeneralDescription Each panel of the granite South Cross at Castledermot Co. Kildare has a separate raised frame. The cross and base have roll mouldings around their edges.
Base Kiss of Judas
North N1 (?) David, a figure faces front and has arms raised above its head
North N2 (?) David slays Goliath. The Massacre of the Innocents (Henry and Hawkes).
North N3 (?) David meets or Kills Goliath. The Massacre of the Innocents (Henry, Hawkes, Visser et al.).
North N4 (?) David arms himself. Part of the Massacre of the innocents (Hawkes)
North N5 Jacob and the angel?
North Top and s spiral
North End of arm, an unidentified figure

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