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Unfinished early cross and ruined church on ridge top. Spectacular view of Clogher Valley....

The main item of interest is a stone cross having the features of a Celtic cross inscribed on one face of its imperforate ring, while the other face bears a boss. The cross may never have been finished. Built into the interior north wall of the dilapidated medieval church close by is the replica of a medieval effigy of an apparently male figure whose head, made of a different material and now lost, was sunk into its surface; it may have represented the local saint rather than having been a tom...

Six metre tall cross dating from the 9th century. One of Ulster's finest early Christian monuments....

The only surviving remnant of an early monastery here is the 9th/10th century High Cross situated on a dominant hillock overlooking the lake. It would appear to be the only High Cross in Northern Ireland where the shaft and head of the cross are likely to have belonged together originally. Old Testament scenes decorate the east face (Adam and Eve, Sacrifice of Isaac, Daniel in the Lions' Den and Three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace) and south side (Cain slaying Abel, David [or Sampson?] and the...

Down the west side of Lough Neagh south of Ballyronan stands the magnificent 10th-century Ardboe High Cross....

A village with a tenth century high cross at the top of the main street. The cross, now rather worn, is 15ft tall and carved with biblical scenes. Close to the site of an early monastery associated with St. Patrick, it was damaged in the seventeenth century. The obvious join midway up the shaft suggests that when it was reassembled in 1776, bits from two separate crosses were used. A pillar in the graveyard begind the cross is a modern memorial to Hugh O'Neill....