Kilkieran High CrossesThree high crosses standing together in a small graveyard at Kilkieran, one of them unusually tall and thin.
Monastic site
Ahenny High Crosses
Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary
Two early high crosses with carved cap stones, in a graveyard in the hills north of Carrick-on-Suir.
The Ahenny Crosses are part of the Ossory Group which are believed to be the earliest crosses and date from the eight to ninth centuries.
- Where
- Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary
- Address
- Carrick On Suir
- Official site
- megalithicireland.com
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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