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Ethnographic heritage

Eidos de Abaixo Stone Cross Cruceiro

  • Forcadela, Eidos de Abaixo, -
  • Coordinates:41.982110, -8.728025
It is attached to a wall, beside the road. It features a quadrangular step supporting a base with chamfered upper edges, which displays skulls on each of its corners. The shaft is cylindrical and fluted and is topped by a square-section capital supporting a cross with rounded arms.

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.