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    2. Maiden Stone
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    4. Market Cross, Kells
    5. Masham
    6. Masham
    7. Masham
    8. Masham
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    14. Masham
    15. Masham
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    18. Masham
    19. Masham
    20. Masham
    21. Masham
    22. Masham
    23. Masham
    24. Masham
    25. Masham
    26. Meigle no.1
    27. Meigle no.2
    28. Meigle no.2
    29. Meigle no. 4
    30. Middleton
    31. Middleton
    32. Middleton
    33. Middleton
    34. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    35. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    36. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    37. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    38. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    39. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    40. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
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    42. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    43. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    44. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    45. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross
    46. Monkwearmouth
    47. Monkwearmouth
    48. Monkwearmouth
    49. Moone, Granite Cross
    50. Moone, Granite Cross
    51. Moone, Granite Cross
    52. Moone, Granite Cross
    53. Moone, Granite Cross
    54. Moone, Granite Cross
    55. Moone, Granite Cross
    56. Moone, Granite Cross
    57. Muiredach's Cross - Monasterboice
    58. Muiredach's Cross - Monasterboice
    59. Muiredach's Cross - Monasterboice
    60. Muiredach's Cross - Monasterboice
    61. Muiredach's Cross - Monasterboice
    62. Muiredach's Cross - Monasterboice
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    71. Muiredach's Cross - Monasterboice
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1. Monasterboice: Tall (or West) Cross

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RecordAuthor Orla Murphy
ISODate 2002-04-30
Date 30 April 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Louth
Townland Monasterboice
OSMapRef 0-04.82
Area Ireland
GeneralContext Stone type: Sandstone
GeneralContext This is the tallest High Cross in Ireland.
GeneralContext Dimensions of Cross : 6.45 m high, 2.13m on face, and 40 cm wide on the sides
Location church/graveyard at Monasterboice
GeneralContext
GeneralDescription This is a general view of the east face of the Tall (or West) cross at Monasterboice.
Shaft
East E1 David slays the lion
East E2 Sacrifice of Isaac
East E3 Moses strikes water from the rock
East E4 David with the head of Goliath
East E5 Samson pulls down the pillars of the house
East E6 Elijah ascends to heaven
East E7 interlace
Head
East Lower panel: three children in the fiery furnace
Centre ? David acclaimed King of Israel / Christ in Glory / Maiestas Domini. For further discussion see Harbison, 1992, p.147.
East South Arm: Temptation of St. Anthony
East North Arm: Ss Paul and Anthony overcoming the devil in human form
East Upper Panel: (?) St. Peter / Jesus walks on water / Jonah cast into the sea. For further reference, Harbison, 1992, p.147.
Top Repentance of Manessah
Roof tiled
Ring interlace - roll moulding at edges

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