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The Govan Stones is an internationally-important museum collection of early-medieval carved stones displayed at Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow, Scotland. [1]The carved stones come from the surrounding early medieval heart-shaped churchyard and include the Govan Sarcophagus, four upstanding crosses, five Anglo-Scandinavian style hogbacks, the 'Govan Warrior' carving, and a wide range of ...
The High crosses are some of the most well-known stone crosses known in the British Isles. Many of the sculptured stone crosses have inward curving “armpits,” which are the junctions of the cross arms and the long stem. [5] The designs of the crosses are also similar to those seen in illuminated manuscripts, such as the Book of Kells.
There have been Cornish wrestling tournaments in Ludgvan over the years including at Ludgvan Lease Farm. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] John Roberts (1820–1892) [ 27 ] known as "Johnnah" or "John-a" and born at Newtown, Ludgvan, was a famous champion heavyweight wrestler in the 1840s and 1850s, that more than once beat the famous wrestler, Gundry.
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Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 9th or 10th century A simpler example, Culdaff, County Donegal, Ireland. A high cross or standing cross (Irish: cros ard / ardchros, [1] Scottish Gaelic: crois àrd / àrd-chrois, Welsh: croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated.
The early incised cross on a stone in the porch and the altar slab suggest that the subordination to Lelant only began after the Norman Conquest. [9] The stone in the porch forms a bench; the cross shaft has crosses at both ends. [10] Over the porch is a typical sundial of a wide class of Cornish church dials from 1720.
Articles relating to stone crosses. They are typically Christian monuments, almost always hewn from a single block of stone, usually granite , sandstone , limestone or basalt . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stone crosses .
Both Muiredach's cross and the Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnoise have been dated to about 900–920 CE. [1] High crosses are thought to have originated as stone versions of decorated wooden or metal crosses; and the stone crosses which survive today are considered to be the last phase of development of the high cross.