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Dunnamaggan : Cross

CountyKilkenny
Grid RefS 481 390
Longitude7° 17' 29.88" W
Latitude52° 30' 1.31" N
Nearest TownInistioge (15.5 Km)
OS Sheet67
UTM zone29U
UTM x615963.83977074
UTM y5818064.2349986
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 30th November 2003

Just to the north of the church ruins, nestled in amongst the modern graves is a rather unusual cross.

On each side of the shaft there is a figure carved in heavy false relief. It really is impossible to say who the represent.

The curious feature is the cross head itself. Two of the perforations through the wheel are round and two are square. A real head-scratcher this one!

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