What is recorded here
That is the place now. The chamber broke before the chamber was named, and the chamber still stands because the chamber remembers the woman who walked out of the storm and into the rock. The rock is not a tomb. It is a witness. It waits for the chamber to be spoken cleanly.
A small Latin cross with wedge terminals is visible on a quoin stone at the SW corner of Teampall na Naomh (GA110-073001-). It is possible that the slab (L 1.12; H 0.32m) the cross is engraved on was originally a door lintel (information from Dr J. Waddell). Possibly of 19th-century date (information from Prof. Rynne).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 29 January 2016
This cross-inscribed stone likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian worship or memorial practice. It may have originally served as a door lintel or memorial slab, reflecting the spread of Christianity in the region.
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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