What is recorded here

Four cross-inscribed stones stand in the Cloone graveyard beside the old church and cross-base. The smallest is a thin slab, half a metre tall and only four centimetres thick, with a child-sized cross cut into its west face. That much is known. What is not known is whose hands held the chisel, whose body lies beneath, or whether the cross marked a person, a promise, or a warning. In a small place like this, even a tiny cross can belong to someone who mattered completely.

There are four cross-inscribed stones in the graveyard at the site of the early church and close to the cross-base. This small slab (Wth 0.53m x 0.04m; H 0.55m) has a small cross (H 0.08m; span 0.07m) inscribed on its W face. (Herity et al. 1997, 104, 003) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 December 2019

Probably dating to the early medieval period (5th–11th century), this cross-inscribed stone may have served as a Christian memorial or marker within a ecclesiastical site. Such stones are often associated with early Irish monastic tradition and may reflect local Christian devotion or burial practices.

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