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Sagemont Church Cross at the intersection of Beltway 8 and Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas, US. It was inaugurated in 2009 and measures 51.82 meters.
Wayside cross near Grod, Beinwil (Freiamt), Switzerland

A wayside cross is a cross by a footpath, track or road, at an intersection, along the edge of a field or in a forest. It can be made of wood, stone or metal. Stone crosses may also be conciliation crosses. Often they serve as waymarks for walkers and pilgrims or designate dangerous places.[1]

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Wayside cross

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A wayside cross is a cross by a footpath, track or road, at an intersection, along the edge of a field or in a forest. It can be made of wood, stone or...

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Latin cross

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A Latin cross or crux immissa is a type of cross in which the vertical beam sticks above the crossbeam, giving the cross four arms. Typically the two horizontal...

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Stone crosses in Cornwall

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Wayside crosses and Celtic inscribed stones are found in Cornwall in large numbers; the inscribed stones (about 40 in number) are thought to be earlier...

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Hugh Pope

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to memorialize these men. A Wayside Cross was placed on high ground by the side of the road running by the Priory. The cross came to memorialize not only...

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South Cerney

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medieval Wayside Cross (Grade II Listed building) sits at the junction of High Street and Silver Street. It has an old shaft, base & steps in a new cross. It...

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Wayside crosses in Romania

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Wayside crosses in Romania are a cultural and religious phenomenon. The standard term for the crosses is troiță (pl. troițe); they are also called cruci...

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Sarsfieldstown Cross

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Sarsfieldstown Cross is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland. Sarsfieldstown Cross is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)...

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Basalt cross

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from it but a cross was added above the niche. Undated Schöpflöffel wayside monument 1601 Nischenstock with cross Undated basalt cross A.D. 1751 The earliest...

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List of tallest crosses in the world

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2018 Kraljevo Cross, Kraljevo, Serbia, 33.5 m, announced in 2015 Dračevo cross,Skopje 63.5 m,announced in 2022 Wayside cross Lithuanian cross crafting Khachkar...

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Tottenham High Cross

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Tottenham High Cross was erected in Tottenham sometime between 1600 and 1609 by Owen Wood, Dean of Armagh, on the site of a wooden wayside cross first mentioned...

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Carrickdexter Cross

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Carrickdexter Cross is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland. Carrickdexter Cross is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest...

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Saint Christopher

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Christopher decided to serve him. But when he saw his new master avoid a wayside cross and found out that the devil feared Christ, he left him and enquired...

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Eleanor cross

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The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with crosses erected in a line down part of the east of...

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Athcarne Cross

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Athcarne Cross, also called Gaulstown Cross or the White Cross, is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland. Athcarne Cross is...

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Boppard

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cross on Proffenstiege – basalt, marked 1735 Wayside cross, Kreuzer Flur (cadastral area) – so-called Stang’sches Kreuz (cross), marked 1760 Wayside cross...

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Cochem

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49, near Ebernach Monastery – wayside chapel with wayside cross, plastered building with wavy gable, 1676; niche cross, from 1629 Near Ebernach Monastery...

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Dowdall Cross

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Dowdall Cross is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland. Dowdall Cross is located in Duleek, near the junction of Main...

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Laudetur Jesus Christus

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Inscription saying 'Praised be Lord Jesus Christ, forever and ever, Amen!' in Czech on a wayside cross in Zlátenka, Czech Republic...

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Balrath Cross

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Balrath Cross is a wayside cross and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland. Balrath Cross is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Laytown...

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Pentney

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Abbey. Between the village and the Priory are the remains of a wayside cross; the cross having been broken off in historical times, only the plinth and...

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Altenheim

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A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (1698) A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 / R.D. 151 (1824) A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (north) (19th century) A Wayside Cross at...

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Hillesheim

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tomb, about 1904, Baroque wayside cross, red sandstone, from 1814 (?). At Augustinerstraße 2 – wayside cross, sandstone beam cross, from 1731. Augustinerstraße...

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Arma Christi

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Angels carry away the Arma Christi. Wayside cross with the Arma Christi near Stammham, Eichstätt Atrial crosses, such as this one in Metepec, Mexico...

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Trail blazing

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couple of stacked rocks) to indicate the direction of the trail. A wayside cross is a cross by a footpath, track or road, at an intersection, along the edge...

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High cross

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element common on High crosses Calvary (monument) Wayside cross ard&lang=2 Focal Crilly, Oliver (2013). The Great Irish Crosses: Meaning and Mystery. Columba...

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Medal of John VIII Palaeologus

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the reverse contains an image of the emperor on horseback before a wayside cross. Although the date of the work is not clear it was likely to have been...

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