Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . the Fahan cross ; and the edges of the stone bear, onthe south side thres rude figures, one above another, and on the northtraces of an interlaced pattern. The east is the principal face, andis occupied by a fine cross of two broad bands, having triquetra-shaped ends ; the cross suggests the Greek form, though the lowerhmb is slightly elongated. The angles of the stone above the armsof the interlaced cross are filled by separate triquetral, one of whichhas an extra twist; and the corresponding lower angles with PROCEEDINGS 187 zoomorphic
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . the Fahan cross ; and the edges of the stone bear, onthe south side thres rude figures, one above another, and on the northtraces of an interlaced pattern. The east is the principal face, andis occupied by a fine cross of two broad bands, having triquetra-shaped ends ; the cross suggests the Greek form, though the lowerhmb is slightly elongated. The angles of the stone above the armsof the interlaced cross are filled by separate triquetral, one of whichhas an extra twist; and the corresponding lower angles with PROCEEDINGS 187 zoomorphic triskelia, which take the form of birds radiating fromcentres. This kind of triskeUon is rare ; the present examples maybe compared with the three dolphins or sea-horses on one of theplaques of the Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnois ; in thatinstance, however, the tails of the animals are in the centre. Belowthe cross is a puzzling design, the central figure of which has extendedarms and a smaller figure at each side low down, and so far resembles. Caerowmore—West Cross(From Photograph by H. S. Crawford) those representations of the crucifixion in which the cross is omitted ;but there are also at either side of the head smainfigures whichappear to have human bodies and the heads of birds^or^rats, andthese suggest the frequently repeated design in which a humanfigure or head is attacked by an animal on either side. Near thecross are two pillar stones, on one of which are three human heads,and on the other a single head as well as remains of spiral erect cross-slab is in the adjoining graveyard ; it is 5 feet in ]88 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND height, 17 inches in width, and 7 inches in thickness {see frontispiece).On the east side is a crucifixion, the head of the figure projectingsUghtly above the general upper surface of the stone ; at either side isa small figure with a cross marked on the clothes. Below is an inter-laced cross of simple design
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