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  2. 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.

  3. Stone crosses in Cornwall - Wikipedia

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    The cross head was found at Treneague at the end of the 19th century and afterwards attached to a new shaft and set up in the churchyard. Treneague was the site of a chapel which was licensed in 1381. [141] Fig. e7: the cross at High Cross. At the edge of High Cross near Pydar Street in Truro, there is an ancient Celtic cross. A cross in Truro ...

  4. High cross - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Ringed cross - Wikipedia

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    The ringed cross is a class of Christian cross symbols featuring a ring or nimbus.The concept exists in many variants and dates to early in the history of Christianity.One variant, the cruciform halo, is a special type of halo placed behind the head of Jesus in Christian art.

  6. 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]

  7. Celtic inscribed stone - Wikipedia

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    The Celtic Inscribed Stones Project database records over 1,200 such inscriptions, excluding Runic ones. It maintains an online database of them. [2] They relate to other standing stones with images, such as the Pictish stones of Scotland, or abstract decoration, such as the much earlier Irish Turoe Stone and Castlestrange Stone.

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    This mask and helmet worn by David Prowse, the British actor who played Darth Vader, fetched over $1 million at an auction in 2019. As one of cinema’s most infamous villains, Vader’s props ...

  9. Muiredach's High Cross - Wikipedia

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    The cross measures about 19 feet (5.8 m) high; including the base, which measures 2 feet 3 inches (0.69 m). The cross is made of sandstone which is yellow in colour. The main shaft of the cross is carved from a single block of sandstone; the base and the capstone on the top are carved from separate stones.