Excavations at Boho High Cross, Toneel North, County Fermanagh

Excavations at Boho High Cross, Toneel North, County Fermanagh

An excavation was undertaken at Boho high cross in 2002 in advance of engineering work to rectify the monument's tilt. The investigations exposed the socketed base and revealed that it was set on a foundation slab. The cross had been erected over a charnel pit containing human bones which are b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ulster journal of archaeology 2003-01, Vol.62, p.121-142
Hauptverfasser: Donnelly, Colm, MacDonald, Philip, Murphy, Eileen, Beer, Nicholas
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Sprache:eng
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Adult animals
Adults
Bones
Cemeteries
Children
Crosses
Excavations
Skull
Spine
Teeth
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Zusammenfassung:An excavation was undertaken at Boho high cross in 2002 in advance of engineering work to rectify the monument's tilt. The investigations exposed the socketed base and revealed that it was set on a foundation slab. The cross had been erected over a charnel pit containing human bones which are believed to have been disturbed during construction of the adjacent church in the 1830s. It is suggested that the cross was uncovered at the same time and re-erected over the human remains.
ISSN:0082-7355