A LollySmith Exclusive. Connemara Marble
Celtic Cross Pendant on Black Waxed Cord. Approximately 7/8" x 1 1/8".
Hand carved and hand polished by skilled craftsmen from the highest quality of Connemara Marble. Mined from controlled quarries under the shadows of the 12 Bens Mountains in Connemara, Ireland. The marble was formed over 700 million years ago.
The Celtic Cross is modelled on crosses carved in stone found among the ruins of monasteries around Ireland. They were known as the Irish High Cross and the most famous is the High Cross at Clonmacnois, founded by St, Ciaran in A.D. 545 on the banks of the Shannon in the county of Offaly.