North High Cross, Clonmcnoise (Turntable Movie)

Only the shaft and part of the base of this cross survive.There is a tenon or projection on the top of the shaft which would have fitted into a mortice in the underside of the missing cross head.The shaft is made from limestone and is ornamented on three sides onlywith animal, human and abstract designs divided into panels. The front or west face has four and a half panels all containing interlace…