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<< Our Photo Pages >> Broughanlea Carved Cross - Ancient Cross in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Antrim

Submitted by Ptarmigan on Sunday, 19 March 2017  Page Views: 1771

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Broughanlea Carved Cross
Country: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 2.953 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Antrim Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Ballycastle
Map Ref: NW3211397785
Latitude: 55.201469N  Longitude: 6.211649W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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Broughanlea Carved Cross submitted by Ptarmigan : Broughanlea Carved Cross, just outside Ballycastle. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cross in Co. Antrim
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D1340 : Cushendall Road, Ballycastle by David Dixon
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D1340 : A2, Causeway Coastline Route by N Chadwick
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D1440 : View towards Knocklayd by Richard Webb
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D1440 : Acravalley Townland by Richard Webb
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D1440 : The Carey Mill Road near Ballycastle by Albert Bridge
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Re: Broughanlea Carved Cross by Anonymous on Tuesday, 10 March 2020
It's a shame this object is so rarely noticed, it is a lovely and fascinating thing, what ever it's carving may be or mean to people. There seems to be a grinding stone (quernal?) outside a ruined cottage up along Torr Road that is similarly ignored. In other parts of the country these things are noticed and celebrated.
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Re: Broughanlea Carved Cross by Anonymous on Monday, 02 March 2020
The symbol in the middle of the cross is thought to be a lamb by some local people. Not so strange when you have seen them jumping around in the fields all spring, and then look at the symbol again,
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    Re: Broughanlea Carved Cross by Anonymous on Monday, 02 March 2020
    Though crozier and T-shaped cross are more likely. http://www.hidden-gems.eu/antrim-broughanleacross.pdf
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      Re: Broughanlea Carved Cross by Anonymous on Monday, 02 March 2020
      Link: http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/crosspillars1.htm Low down on this page there is an excellent photograph showing crozier shaped object and T-shaped cross quite clearly:
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        Re: Broughanlea Carved Cross by Anonymous on Friday, 13 March 2020
        That is a very good picture with exceptionally clear definition. Thank you for that link, I will show it to my relatives, since they found it hard to make out the details when they visited last. (-:
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      Re: Broughanlea Carved Cross by Anonymous on Friday, 13 March 2020
      Thank you for the picture link and the proper terminology. I have heard the term before,but had forgotten it. I like the local interpretation of the symbol because this is a sheep keeping area and this raises interesting questions about all aspects of our interpretation of history through artworks. We look at all things according to our own paradigm of expectations and imagery, which is as interesting as historic accuracy in some ways. Does anybody ever think about the significance of vessels found in graves from the contextual perspective for example? Drinking vessels are obvious to us, food is obvious to us, but what about your own personal pot that you always peed in so as not to have go out in the cold weather at night? We might not think of that as a likely grave good, but who knows how people thought about these things in the past. :-()
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