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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Lonan Church Crosses Alternative Name: Lonan Old Church; St Adamnan's ChurchCountry: Channel Islands and Isle of Man
NOTE: This site is 33.884 km away from the location you searched for.
Island: Isle of Man Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Douglas Nearest Village: Baldrine / Onchan
Map Ref: SC42737937
Latitude: 54.185920N Longitude: 4.411656W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ancient Cross in Isle of Man
The Journal of Antiquities features a page for these nine crosses, one of which is in its original position in the churchyard, plus a holy well - see their entry for the Lonan Church Crosses, Isle Of Man. The Journal gives directions for finding this church, together with a brief history of the church and St. Adamnan, to whom this church is dedicated. The Journal also includes a photograph of the wheel-headed cross.
More information for this church can be found at:
Pastscape Monument No 31212: site of a probably 7th-9th century cross, now probably stored in St Lonan's Church, now thought to be in the church;
Pastscape Monument No. 31224: Wheel headed cross in the kirk yard;
Pastscape Monument No. 31209: "A 12th century church located on the site of a keeill, part ruined and part still in use; early medieval lintel graves have been uncovered and fragments of early medieval crosses are stored in the ruined part of the church. The crosses date from the C5-6th and from the C7-9th, and probably indicate the age of the keeill".
The holy well is approx. 150m from the churchyard, so has it's own site page (see nearby sites below).
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