South High Cross, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare3D ModelNoAI
National Monument KD029-011007- (Cursory Survey)
One of two High Crosses of uncertain date, ranging from the 10th to 12th century, located in the churchyard of St John’s Church of Ireland, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare. The cross, originally ringed, is of granite and appears to be carved from two separate pieces; the shaft and ringed head constituting one piece are seated into another single piece of granite that forms a steeply tapering base. The cross is significantly eroded and damaged. The head (which included the ring, the arms, and the pinnacle) is broken away from the shaft just above the springing of the ring and is now lost.
Prior to this model, the only recorded carvings on this cross were the roll mouldings around the base and the shaft edges, along with the raised triangle motifs at the bottom of the shaft. The model helped identify that the base’s panels on the west and east faces were once decoratively carved. The west has a circular motif while that on the east is beyond identification.
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