What is recorded here

Four cross-inscribed stones still stand in the Cloone graveyard, marking the lost church and reminding visitors that death once lived beside daily prayer. The smallest pillar rises 1.27m, narrow enough to touch with both hands, yet its western face carries a cross tall as a child’s arm and the initials PC beneath. Those letters may have belonged to a priest, a parent or a forgotten donor, but the stone has kept its part of the promise: a name, a cross and a place for grief to return.

There are four cross-inscribed stones in the graveyard at the site of the early church and close to the cross-base. This pillar (dims 0.25m x 0.1m; H 1.27m) has a cross (H 0.17m; span 0.1m) inscribed at the top of the W side with the initials PC beneath. (Herity et al. 1997, 104, 002) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 December, 2019

This cross-inscribed pillar likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian worship or burial practices. Such stones often served as markers, memorials, or symbols of religious devotion in early church sites.

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