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Is the carving a cross?

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bawn79 Jul 22, 2008 09:03:19
Replying to CianMcLiam

CianMcLiam wrote:
It's very like a cross with a part oval shape carved round it. Now that I think of it, it's more like something that would be drawn on a copy book by bold schoolboys :)

There's another spiral carving on a different stone that came out a bit bietter again, pics coming soon.

So do u reckon it was an attempt to christianise the site then?

Ive been up Baltinglass hill the once and I didnt see any of the carvings so well done for being able to find them and bring them out in photograph.

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CianMcLiam Jul 22, 2008 19:35:17
Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:
So do u reckon it was an attempt to christianise the site then?
Nah, think it's original and it is included in Shee-Twohigs book.
Ive been up Baltinglass hill the once and I didnt see any of the carvings so well done for being able to find them and bring them out in photograph.
Tom had checked them out in the aforementioned book by Twohig which was adapted from the excavation drawings, so we knew where to look. Unfortunately the kerbstone carvings were not so simple, we failed to positively identify one carving, though I'm checking the photos I took for things we may have missed.