Polychromatic reconstruction of the Castledermot South Cross, a well-known and well-preserved Irish High Cross of the 9th century
described in:
McCarthy, J., Sebo, E., Wilkinson, B. and Sheehan, F., 2020. Open workflows for polychromatic reconstruction of historical sculptural monuments in 3D. *Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), 13(3), pp.1-16.
It is generally agreed that Irish High Crosses were painted, although there is no surviving evidence for the exact colour scheme used and this recreation is conjectural.
Annotations from Harbison, P., 1992. The high crosses of Ireland (Vol. 1). R. Habelt, background is an inverted photographic of the information board at the site by Duchas.
See also: http://irishhighcrosses.com/castledermot-south-cross.html
More scans from Castledermot can be found on sketchfab at https://sketchfab.com/CastledermotHistory
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