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Clagh Ard Cross Slab (Manx Cross 100)

Archaeology

This is the largest cross slab to have been found on the Isle of Man, on account of which it is sometimes named the Clagh Ard ('tall stone'). It stands 3.5m high. It was found at Ballaqueeney, and originally stood towards the northerly edge of the known extent of the burial ground surrounding the chapel (IOMHER 0024.00). It was for a while used as a door lintel in a farm building, as a result of which it is now badly worn.


Both faces were carved, bearing designs consisting of a shafted cross set in a circle. At the foot of one face the remains of ring-chain pattern have been recorded on the shaft, with twist-and-ring in the panel to the left and tendril pattern to the right. The other face is even more badly worn, but the head has yielded traces of interlace, and the shaft seems to have had plait-of-five, with twist-and-ring to the left, and plait-of-four to the right.

Ballaqueeney Keeill

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  • Parish: Rushen
  • Sheading: Rushen
  • Grid Ref: SC2064068670

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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