Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . studies there is someevidence in the book of wax tablets found near the towTi in the firsthalf of the 19th century, and now preserved in the National tablets contain some sportive scribbling by a student of logic* St Lurachs Church.—The most important rehc of antiquitynow at Maghera is the carved doorway of the old church. Like thatat Banagher the door had a square head without and a circular headwithin. The outer side of the door is elaborately carved with arepresentation of the crucifixion on the lintel and interlaced design
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . studies there is someevidence in the book of wax tablets found near the towTi in the firsthalf of the 19th century, and now preserved in the National tablets contain some sportive scribbling by a student of logic* St Lurachs Church.—The most important rehc of antiquitynow at Maghera is the carved doorway of the old church. Like thatat Banagher the door had a square head without and a circular headwithin. The outer side of the door is elaborately carved with arepresentation of the crucifixion on the lintel and interlaced designson each jamb, and on the bold square casing which frames the wholecomposition; the figure of our Lord is represented as extended on across of disproportionate v\idth, beneath the arms of which standthe eleven apostles, Longinus with his spear, and a soldier with the 1 Sampson, Memoir of Co. Londonderry (1814), p. 225. Masons ParochialSurvey, i, 303. 2 Rev. A. Ross in Parochial Survey, \, 328.» Theiner, pp. 48, 64. * Proceedings, R. I. A., xxi, 246 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND sponge. Forms of angels, much decayed and indistinct, appearabove the arms of the cross. The doorway and some part of thewall adjoining it are the only portion of the ancient church nowstanding ; the remaining part of the ruin is of a comparativelymodem building. In the graveyard a stump of an ancient cross marks St Lurachsgrave, which was the scene of a singular occurrence related in asolemn deposition printed in the Journal for 1902, Two gentlemenappeared in the graveyard one morning in 1829, borrowed a spade,,and having secured themselves from disturbance by a gift of half-a-crown for drink, opened the grave. They were closing it again whenthe man who had got them the spade returned ; he saw they haddug up a cross, about 18 in. long, with which they shortly afterwards-departed. He reported the incident to the rector, an ardent collector,and the same who afterwards presented to the R
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