PHOTOGRAPHS : NORTHERN IRELAND TOURIST BOARD COLLECTION

Title: Anc. Mon. (Carved Stones) Fermanagh Inishkeen Island (Upp Lough Erne) the 'Antlered God' carving on an ancient cross shaft. Label reads 'The 'Antlered God' - carving on an ancient cross-shaft in a graveyard surrounding a ruined church on Inishkeen Island, Upper Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh. Cernunnos, a god with horns, was one of the Celtic pantheon, corresponding to Pan, god of nature in Greek antiquity. The raised ring may be the bottom of a Christian cross the top of which has been broken off.'
Object Name: Photograph: B&W/ Negative
Description: Carving on a cross-shaft of an 'Antlered God'
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.NITB.3879
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