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There are four high crosses known so far from
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from the 13th century onwards. Bone and antler were used also, particularly for combs. Extensive evidence for agriculture was also found, including, animal bones, shellfish, seeds and grain. A fragment of gold leaf was recovered.
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having power. This quickly gave way to a monastic system organised in a more decentralised manner more suited to the Irish system of political organisation. Clans and their territories, known as
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3 figures facing to the front, the central figure holds a child diagonally across her body. Harbison argues that the scene represents the presentation of John the
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mentions while describing a journey of the Fenian warriors through the district that they travelled "to Cailli in
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that took place about the year 560, 15 years before the monasteries foundation. Colmcille had taken part in this battle.
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