The Celtic cross is an ancient symbol that combines a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. Most examples in Britain were destroyed during t

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The Celtic cross is an ancient symbol that combines a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. Most examples in Britain were destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. But this fine example in rural Oxfordshire seems to have survived.

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