Donaghmore High Cross

The Donaghmore High Cross stands in the churchyard of St Bartholomews Church of Ireland in County Down and dates to the late ninth or early tenth century. Carved from Newry granite, the cross originally gave its townland the name Tullynacross, meaning the mound of the Cross. The site itself has ancient religious significance, traditionally associated with St. Mac Erc, who founded an early churc...