Ethnographic heritage
Bacelo Tall Cross Cruz alta
- Forcadela, Bacelo, 18th century. 1762.
- Coordinates:41.982977, -8.728614
It is located in O Bacelo Neighbourhood, attached to a wall. It features a quadrangular step supporting a prismatic base with chamfered edges and heavily eroded inscriptions. However, according to the Asociación de Veciños da Aurora magazine, parts of the text were still legible in 2005. The following transcription was the one from the magazine: “DONADO M DE AMUATE ANO DE 1762” The cross has straight arms and chamfered edges.
Bibliography: Fernández de la Cigoña, Estanislao and Loira, Félix: «Cruces, cruceiros e petos de San Pedro de Forcadela. Tomiño», in Asociación Galega para a Cultura e a Ecoloxía: Actas do V Congreso Galego de Cruceiros, 2014. Moure, Isabel and Da Rocha, Juan C.: «Cruceiros no noso concello. Cruces e cruceiros de Forcadela», in Asociación de Veciños da Aurora: Boletín Informativo Cultural, 6. Tomiño, 2005.
