Cross-inscribed stone in Eochaill (bar. Árainn)

Higgins (1987, vol. 2, 314, nos. 40 and 41) records that there used to be two slabs incorporated in the wall which divides ‘St. Soorney’s Bush’ (GA110-082----) from the nearby ‘St. Soorney’s Well’ (GA110-082001-). Both were small and bore simple pocked Latin crosses. The wall, which was constructed of loose stone, appears to have been rebuilt and both are now lost (ibid.). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 June 2016

Probably dating to the early Christian period, the cross-inscribed stone likely served a religious or commemorative function, possibly associated with St. Soourney, a 7th-century Irish saint. Such stones often marked holy sites or were used in Christian worship and pilgrimage.