What is recorded here
Death is not a mistake, it is a doorway. The chamber is a chamber of transformation. The chamber of transformation is complete. The chamber of transformation is a gift. The chamber of transformation is a gift for you. The chamber of transformation is a gift for you and me. The chamber of transformation is a gift for you and me.
Located in a burial ground (MA044-009001-), which survives as a low mound (14.5m ENE-WSW; 10.2m NNW-SSE). The cross-inscribed pillar is centrally located on the mound. It is a National Monument in State ownership (No. 423). It consists of an upright, roughly rectangular-shaped schist slab (H 2.02m; Wth 0.43m; T 0.23m), aligned WNW-ESE. The upper portion of the WNW face is occupied by an Maltese cross-in-circle (diam. 0.37m), incised in false relief. A number of small packing or support stones surround the base of the stone. There is a standing stone (MA044-009003-) located at the SW end of the burial ground.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 18 June 2018
The cross-inscribed pillar in Kildun likely dates to the early Christian period, associated with monastic or ecclesiastical activity in the region. Its central placement in a burial ground suggests it may have marked a sacred or ceremonial site, possibly linked to local Christian traditions or veneration of the dead.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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