What is recorded here

Eight metres west of Teampall Mac Duach, a tapering limestone slab leans slightly south, bearing two different crosses: a rough simple mark on one face and a double-ringed design on the other. The shaft ends in a circle containing a small Greek crosslet, as if the stone were completing a sentence begun in chisel and patience. Whoever cut it may have believed that clarity required both simplicity and depth, and that even a pillar could teach the eye to see twice.

Standing c. 8m to the W of the church (GA110-044001-), which is known locally as Teampall Mac Duach. This tall tapering limestone slab (H 2.21m; Wth 0.65m top; Wth 0.61m base; T 0.13m) inclines slightly to the S. Both faces are decorated. The W face is rough and bears a simple Latin cross. The E face is dressed and bears an two-line double-ringed Latin cross. The shaft of the cross terminates in a circle which contains an incised Greek crosslet (Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 374, no. 94). (Crawford 1913, 154). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 January 2016

Probably dating to the early Christian period (5th–9th centuries AD), the cross-inscribed pillar likely served a religious or commemorative function, associated with the nearby church of Teampall Mac Duach. Such stones often marked sacred sites, burials, or territorial boundaries and may have been linked to local saints or early Christian communities.

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