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Tynan Terrace Cross is a Christian cross located at Armagh in Northern Ireland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a Visean formation comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate. This geological foundation is characteristic of the ancient landscape around Armagh, a site of considerable ecclesiastical significance from the early medieval period onwards.
The cross is designated as an Early Christian monument and is registered with the Historic Environment Division under reference 5552. Its precise location at grid reference H7592042322 places it within the historic landscape that developed around Armagh's monastic and ecclesiastical establishments. The terrace setting suggests deliberate placement within the topography of the area.
As a standing Christian cross of early medieval type, the monument represents the material expression of Christian practice and community identity in this region. Such crosses served both devotional and commemorative functions within early Christian societies, and their survival provides important evidence for understanding the religious and social organisation of the period.
Tynan terrace cross. tynan terrace cross is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5552. View the official record →
Tynan Terrace Cross is a Christian cross located at Armagh in Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5552.
Tynan terrace cross. tynan terrace cross dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a cross. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tynan terrace cross. tynan terrace cross is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 5552.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multivallate rath & souterrain (4.4 km), Doogary lough. possible crannog in doogary lough (4.4 km), Rath (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tynan terrace cross. tynan terrace cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Tynan terrace cross. tynan terrace cross stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.