What is recorded here
On a small rise on the E bank of a small N-S stream and within children's burial ground (RO024-017001-). A round-topped granite slab (dims 0.3m x 0.12m; H 0.3m) inscribed with a plain cross on one side is set upright amongst the grave-markers.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Probably dates to the early Christian period (5th–10th century). The cross may have marked a burial site or served as a waymarker and place of prayer, reflecting Christian devotion in a landscape associated with children's burials.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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