Cross

Associated with an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA017-008001-) and church (GA017-008002-), this cross-slab is lying recumbent just inside the bank of the smaller enclosure (GA017-008003-) surrounding the church. Described by Higgins (1987, ii, 282, no. 13) as a stone (L 1.16m; max. Wth 0.27m; T 0.22m) bearing ‘a grooved single-line Latin cross with three slightly expanded or wedge-shaped terminals. The fourth terminal, that at the bottom of the cross, is of irregular oval shape.’ Higgins (ibid.) also noted that, according to local information, the stone was upright up until the late 1970s but was uprooted when a section of the bank of the enclosure was removed. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 June 2018

This cross-slab, likely dating to the early medieval period, may have originally served as a high cross or commemorative monument associated with the ecclesiastical site. Its placement near the church suggests a religious or ceremonial function, possibly linked to Christian worship or a local saint.