What is recorded here

Inchagoill church still holds a broken limestone pillar, mended with concrete and marked by a Latin cross. The stone stands barely two feet tall, yet it has survived seas, forgetting and human care. Its wedge-shaped arms reach outward like a small claim made on time itself.

This cross-inscribed pillar stone is located within ‘Templenaneeve’ (GA040-013004-) and is fastened to the S wall of the church. According to Higgins (1987, vol. II, 301, no. 29) the slender limestone pillar (H 0.66m; Wth 0,85m; T 0.1-0.12m) was once broken in two but it has since been repaired with a thick layer of concrete. It bears a pocked one-line Latin cross with expanded or wedge-shaped terminals. Another cross-slab is pinned to the wall to its E – see GA040-013009-. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 2 August 2022

This cross-inscribed pillar is likely of early medieval Christian origin, associated with the ecclesiastical site of Inchagoill. The cross may have served a liturgical or commemorative function, reflecting the spread of Christianity in the region.

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