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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Peter's Church (Onchan) Alternative Name: Onchan Celtic CrossesCountry: Channel Islands and Isle of Man
NOTE: This site is 0.703 km away from the location you searched for.
Island: Isle of Man Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Douglas Nearest Village: Onchan
Map Ref: SC40057814
Latitude: 54.174047N Longitude: 4.452031W
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 gives us information about this collection of six carved Celtic cross slabs from the 7th to 12th centuries AD - see their entry for the Onchan Celtic Crosses, Isle of Man. The Journal includes a photograph of the church, together with drawings of the Norse Cross and descriptions of the others, plus background information about St Conachan (Connachan or Concenn) who gave his name to this village.
The Journal tells us only only of the crosses shows strong Norse origins; there is an early Christian gable cross which stood on an earlier keeill. Thurith's cross has runic inscriptions, and the head of the Kirk Conchan Wheel Headed Cross standsjust over 2 feet high. The Journal says there are another three cross slabs which are Celtic in origin and are dated to the 7th to 9th centuries.
The Journal also includes a list of reference sources for more information.
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