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1. Donaghmore. Detailed View. West Face. Cross Shaft.

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RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-04-19
Date 19 April 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Down
Townland Donaghmore
OSMapRef J-105.350
Area Ireland
Location South of Church, Donaghmore, Co. Down.
GeneralContext Composite Measurements: Cross 2.75 m high and 1.25 m across
Shaft 49 cm x 38 cm thick
Base plinth 95 cm square
Material Granite
GeneralDescription This is a composite cross, re-erected in 1891. It does have roll mouldings at the edges, but the representations on the faces of the cross are not framed and without obvious panels are at times difficult to decipher.
West Cross Shaft detail, panel W2, Just above the branches of the Tree of Knowledge from the panel below, in the scene Adam and Eve, the scene W2 is Noah's Ark. The ship is depicted on the water with 3 heads in three windows below the deck. A bird, the dove(?) is perched on the prow, so much so that it necessitates(?) a small figure in the panel above. The two figures on panel W3 are unidentified, suggestions (because of the difference in size) are David and Goliath, or Abraham and Isaac.

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