Tower, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly

Dublin Core

Title

Tower, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly

Subject

Tower
Cross

Description

Lantern slide depicting the Great Cross and Round Tower in the Clonmacnoise monastic site in Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. Originally titled 'GREAT CROSS_BACK & RIGHT SIDE ALSO SHOWING ROUND TOWER & ENTRANCE, CLONMACNOISE THOMAS H. MASON, 5-6 DAME ST., DUBLIN, C.I 799 1/1' and labelled 'K4 41'. The monuments depicted are of O Rourke's Tower and a High Cross called South Cross, found in Clonmacnoise Monastic site. The Round Tower is situated in the north-west corner of the Monastic Site. A wall was built in 1957 brining the tower inside the walls of the monastic complex. The tower is composed of well-shaped rectangular grey limestone blocks to the level of the bell-storey windows where obvious reconstruction work uses smaller and more irregular stone. The tower was built by Turlough O Connor and O Malone c.1124. It was damaged by lightning in 1135 and the present top with its eight openings is of later date. The South Cross has multiple scenes from the bible carved onto it, and was moved from its original position in 1991 amd replaced with replicas in order to protect these carvings. Indeed, in the image depcited it can be seen that the cross was in a delapidated state.

Creator

Holly Cooper

Publisher

The Discovery Programme

Contributor

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

Format

image/tiff

Language

EN

Type

Image

Identifier

BOX37_051

Alternative Title

RSAI, Lantern Slide, BOX 37

Date Created

25/01/17

Has Format

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

Is Part Of

RSAI Lantern Slide Collection

Extent

114.3mb
7559 x 7559 pixels

Medium

Lantern Slides

Spatial Coverage

Country: Ireland
County: Offaly
Logainm Code: https://www.logainm.ie/100031.aspx
Townland: Clonmacnoise
Logainm Town/Townland: https://www.logainm.ie/41215.aspx
Irish National Grid East: 200962
Irish National Grid North: 230644
Position Source: www.logainm.ie
Latitude: 53.326277
Longitude: -7.9862945
Place: Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly Latitude: 53.3262773 Longitude: -7.986294499999985

Rights Holder

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

Files

BOX37_051.jpg

Tags

Citation

Holly Cooper, “Tower, Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed December 25, 2024, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/468186.

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