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Clonca Church & Cross

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342: 125: 161: 134: 143: 116: 152: 105:." The findings from the survey work have suggested that there is a deeper timeframe for occupation at Clonca, perhaps as a precursor to the ecclesiastical establishment. In scale and outline structure both the Carrowmore and Clonca complexes are comparable with, for example, the combined inner and middle enclosures of 102:
On its south and east sides, the graveyard appears to once have occupied a more extensive area. In an arc around the graveyard from the north, to the west and south-west sides, at the edge of the plateau of land where the downslope to the valley floor begins, are the outlines of a double circle with
92:. In the field opposite the entrance to the church are two crosses: the upright (high) cross has both panels carved with interlace and figurative scenes: two lions and two individuals thought to be St. Paul and St. Anthony with the scenes thought to depict the 99:
In 2013, an archaeological geophysical (magnetometer) survey was undertaken at the site and the surrounding fields which recorded a double ditch circular boundary surrounding the graveyard with the standing high cross within and part of the complex.
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The site occupies level ground on the edge of the valley floor of the Gleneely River. Erenaghs (lay Stewards) are recorded as being on the site in the early 17th Century. The 17th or 18th century
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diameters of some 80m and 95m. This looks like a precinct similar to that at Carrowmore, but in a much more complex landscape setting
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stands on the site of an earlier monastic site and enclosure, likely founded around the 6th century by
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O'BRIEN, COLM; ADAMS, MAX; HAYCOCK, DEB; O'MEARA, DON; PENNIE, JACK (2013).
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Irish high crosses : with the figure sculptures explained
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Religious buildings and structures in County Donegal
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Ireland., Archaeological Survey of Northern (1969).
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as they survive in their visible stone-walled form.
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55°16′04″N 7°10′25″W / 55.267882°N 7.173547°W / 55.267882; -7.173547
Inishowen
County Donegal
National Monuments
Church of Ireland
St. Baudan
ecclesiastics
Magnus MacOrristin
Hebrides
Miracle of the loaves and fishes
Nendrum






Medieval religious houses: Ireland: with an appendix to early sites,
ISBN
0-582-11229-X
OCLC
96266
Irish high crosses : with the figure sculptures explained
ISBN
0-9517823-7-1
OCLC
31925760


"THE EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL COMPLEXES OF CARROWMORE AND CLONCA AND THEIR LANDSCAPE CONTEXT IN INISHOWEN, COUNTY DONEGAL"

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