Cross-slab in Ardane

In the S sector of an ecclesiastical enclosure (TS074-010----) known as St. Berrihert's Kyle and incorporated in an oval stone enclosure, stepped internally, built by the OPW in 1946 (Ó hÉailidhe 1967, 102). This slab is located in the E sector, on top of the wall. It is described by Ó hÉailidhe (1967, 110) as slab 6A/6B, composed of reddish grey sandstone (dims 0.33m x 0.18m; T 0.115m). 'A cross in low relief with solid ring in the centre of which is an incised ring. Reverse of 6A. An outlined Latin cross defined by a sharp incised line' (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian worship or commemoration. Likely linked to St. Berrihert, a 6th-century Irish saint, and may have functioned as a memorial or liturgical cross slab within a monastic or ecclesiastical setting.