- Building type: Cross
- Date of construction: 10th Century?
- Architect: Not Assigned
- Listing: MON
- HB/SMR Ref: TYR046:011
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Donaghmore Cross, Donaghmore
County Tyrone
The cross is a composite, made up of parts of 2 different crosses. It is said to have been thrown down in 17th Century & re-erected in the 18th. On the West side are the following scenes: a mounted horseman, Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel & the Sacrifice of Isaac. On the East side are the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, the Baptism, the Miracle at Cana, the Multiplication of Loaves & Fishes, the Arrest & the Crucifixion. Other decoration includes geometric motifs seen on other Ulster crosses. It may be 10th Century
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Tyrone Carboniferous Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Carved ashlar |
| Stonework Condition: | Stonework is in good general condition with minimal evidence of deterioration through some surface roughening of isolated sandstone blocks. Weathering of some decorative stonework has resulted in loss of definition. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 2 |
