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Fahan - Mura Cross-Slab, Co. Donegal


Location : 3.5 miles S of Buncrana on the Iveagh Peninsula, on the R238 road. Signposted.
Features : Superbly decorated cross slab lying at a monastery site of the 7th. century founded by St. Mura. On the west face (bottom photo) are 2 figures faintly etched, facing the stem of the interlacings and on the west face (top photo) a more deeply structured cross incision.
Date : 7 th. century A.D.

 west face, Fahan cross slab

 east face, Fahan cross slab

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