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Pages in category "High crosses in Scotland" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Arthurlie Cross; C.
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.
Kildalton Cross AD 800 Islay, Scotland. The Kildalton Cross is a monolithic high cross in Celtic cross form in the churchyard of the former parish church of Kildalton (from Scottish Gaelic Cill Daltain, "Church of the Foster Son" (i.e. St John the Evangelist) on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
High crosses in Scotland (8 P) Pages in category "Monumental crosses in Scotland" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
A high cross is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. H.
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The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, [1] when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture, [ 2 ] and possibly contains the oldest surviving text, predating any manuscripts ...
The Dupplin Cross is a high cross, that is a free-standing stone cross. While relatively common in Ireland , Northumbria and in Dál Riata , such crosses are rare survivals in the lands of the Picts , though fragments of shattered crosses (probably cast down during the 16th-century Reformation ) show that a number once existed.