GA029-179005 - High Cross (Head)

3D Model

A sandstone crosshead was found in 1926 when building the Munster and Leinster Bank (now the Allied Irish Bank) in Tuam adjacent to the former site of the Augustinian Priory. averaging about 65cm. in diame ter; this circular shape may be secondary, Medieval pocked dressing suggesting a late fifteenth or sixteenth century re-shap ing. Also unusual is that it is carved on one face only, and that the two remaining arcs (segments of the encircling ring) linking the arms have differing inner projec tions, one stepped and the other almost semi-circular. . Etienne Rynne Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society , 1985/1986, Vol. 40 (1985/1986), pp. 125-129 This project is funded by The Community Monuments Fund Awarded by The National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Supported by Old Tuam Society, Galway County Council, TheHeritage Council and Galway Community Archaeology Project.