Nurney Cross | |
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Native name Irish: Cros na hUrnaí | |
Location | Nurney, County Carlow, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°45′06″N 6°54′44″W / 52.7518°N 6.9123°W |
Built | 5th/6th century |
Official name | Nurney |
Reference no. | 352 [1] |
Nurney Cross is a stone cross located in
Nurney,
County Carlow,
Ireland, and is an early example of a
high cross.
The site was a monastic site founded by Abbán in the 5th century AD and the cross is believed to date from that time. [2]
The cross is a circle-headed cross embedded in the ground near St. John's Church of Ireland, Nurney. [3]
A second cross nearby stands 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) high and is about 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) wide at the arms and 30 centimetres (0.98 ft) thick. [4]