#high cross

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Selection of celtic crosses and statues at rath graveyard, Tralee. Including the republician memorial cross, standing at an estimated 10 feet tall.

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High Cross, Moone, County Kildare (b/w photo) by Marsden, Simon (b.1948)

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High cross at Kells, Co Meath. Dating from the 9th century, it is covered in ornamentation and carvings of Biblical scenes. An inscription on the base reads: PATRICII ET COLUMBE CR (cross of Patrick and Columba).

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Almshouse & High Cross by Richard Walker Via Flickr: The Almshouse at Sherborne in Dorset has provided shelter and care for the people of Sherborne for over 500 years. It was built in the 15th Century for “12 poor men and 4 poor women” and is now home to 18 elderly residents. Dedicated to St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, it was founded in 1437. Extended and restored, it is one of Dorset’s oldest surviving almshouse and is still in use today serving its original purpose of providing housing to 18 elderly residents of the town. It is run by trustees elected from local citizens. It was built between 1440 and 1442.

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Just Plain Cross

More High Crosses, these ones found in the graveyard of St John’s church in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare. The first stands to the immediate north of the early 19th century church. Standing 3.4 metres high, it is composed of three elements: head, shaft and pyramidal base. Rather than the usual elaborate carving customary on these crosses, it is relatively plain, perhaps because carved from…

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Early Christian chapel, Irish National Heritage Park. A reconstruction of the type of small chapel on an early Christian monastery, 6th to 12th Centuries A.D.