The Antrim Cross

The Antrim Cross is a bronze cross with five equal arms from the early 9th century. The cross has five pyramidal bosses each in the form of a truncated pyramid. The side of the pyramids are decorated with interlocking angular fields of yellow enamel, alternating with a similar-coloured design of an arrow within a truncated triangle. The taller central boss and has an animal design. The flat tops are decorated with small squares of millefiori enamel. Rivet-holes in the separately cast base-plate show that this cross was attached another surface. It is the only virtually intact example of its kind and period.