Kilfenora - Cross - CL016-015005

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This is the 12th-century high cross known as the ‘West cross’. described by Harbison as a tall ringed cross unusually thin for its heigh with roll moulding at the edges apart from around the arms of the cross on the W face where this is replaced by rope moulding. East face: The figure of the Christ dressed in a long robe dominates the head of the East face. Rope moulding and false relief interlace fill the shaft and there is a plain triangle at the base. West face: This is decorated with a series of panels of interlace. The head has a circular fretwork panel surrounded by a rope moulding and has two-strand interlace flanking it on the arms. The upper shaft is filled with interlocking pelta-shapes together with interlace forming four circular and four square devices. At the base there is a downward-pointing triangle filled with a knot of interlace. The north side is undercorated except for the end of the arm which has two sets of four-pointed knots of interlace forming a square. The south side is undecorated.