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Cross-inscribed stone in Taghmaconnell

Cross-inscribed stone

What is recorded here

There was a fragment of a cross-inscribed pillow-stone (dims 0.41m x 0.32m; T 0.1m) that has an inscribed cross with expanded terminals in the graveyard (RO051-053002-) of Taghmaconnell parish church (RO051-053001-), but it is now missing (SMR file). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 November, 20124
Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-inscribed stone may have had a Christian ritual or commemorative function, possibly associated with the church or local burial practices. Such stones are often linked to early monastic or ecclesiastical sites in Ireland.

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Recorded monument

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