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  2. Stone crosses in Cornwall - Wikipedia

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    Fig. 1: some stone crosses in Cornwall Fig. 2: some more stone crosses The hundreds of Cornwall. Wayside crosses and Celtic inscribed stones are found in Cornwall in large numbers; the inscribed stones (about 40 in number) are thought to be earlier in date than the crosses and are a product of Celtic Christian society.

  3. Celtic cross - Wikipedia

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    A Celtic cross symbol. The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland, France and Great Britain in the Early Middle Ages.A type of ringed cross, it became widespread through its use in the stone high crosses erected across the islands, especially in regions evangelised by Irish missionaries, from the ninth through the 12th centuries.

  4. Dobhar-chú - Wikipedia

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    The stone is claimed to be the headstone of a grave of a woman killed by the Dobhar-chú in the 18th century. [5] The monument is a recumbent flag of sandstone, which is about 4.6 by 1.10 ft (1.40 by 0.34 m) in size. It depicts a recumbent animal having body and legs like those of a dog with the characteristic depth of rib and strength of thigh.

  5. High cross - Wikipedia

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    The Clonmacnoise crosses: Cross of the Scriptures (the original 9th century cross is housed in a museum, but a copy stands on the original site), and the North and South Crosses. The Nether (or Lower) Cross, a 9th-century granite cross with ornate carving, in the graveyard of St. Canice's Church, established by St. Canice, Finglas village, Dublin.

  6. Passage grave - Wikipedia

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    The interior of passage graves varies in number of burials, shape, and other aspects. Those with more than one chamber may have multiple sub-chambers leading off from the main burial chamber. One common interior layout, the cruciform passage grave, is cross-shaped, although prior to the Christian Era and thus having no Christian associations ...

  7. Sculpture in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The most significant survivals in sculpture in Insular art are in high crosses. These are large free-standing stone crosses, usually carved in relief with patterns, biblical iconography and occasionally inscriptions. The tradition may have begun in Ireland or Anglo-Saxon England and then spread to Scotland. [42]

  8. Sculptured cross - Wikipedia

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    The Sculptured Cross at Canna is an ancient, heavily weathered Scottish Celtic Christian cross located in a field to the west of the graveyard of the St Columba's Church on A' Chill, Canna, Scotland. [1] The cross has been dated to between the 8th and 9th century. [2] [3]

  9. Cross of Sacrifice - Wikipedia

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    The architect's choice of buildings to erect—double shelters, galleries, gateways, pergolas, sheltered alcoves, or single shelters—depended on the location of the War Stone, the Cross of Sacrifice, and the size of the cemetery. [74] The cross at Tyne Cot Cemetery near Ypres, Belgium, was incorporated into a pillbox. A Cross of Sacrifice was ...

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