What is recorded here

Half a metre of pale stone sits flush in the wall before Cell A on High Island, its small central socket waiting for a lost column or marker. The gap suggests a vertical shape once stood there, perhaps guiding prayer or binding the doorway in a way no longer visible. What is missing has not vanished entirely; it has withdrawn above the wall, leaving behind the exact place where it touched the world.

Recorded by Scally (2014, 113, Figs. 5.41 and 5.64, Pl. 5.42), this rectangular cross-base (L 0.52m; Wth 0.52m; H 0.17m) was inserted into the base of a wall directly in front of the entrance to ‘Cell A’, the clochan (GA021-026012-) to the N of the church (GA021-026014-) on High Island. The socket (0.18m x 0.06m; D 0.07m) on its upper face is centrally placed. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 23 November 2015

The cross in High Island was likely built by early Christian monks, probably between the 7th and 10th centuries, and is associated with the clochan or small stone cell in the area. Its style reflects the typical insular Christian tradition, and it may have marked a religious or ritual space within a monastic settlement.

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