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Cross-slab in Ballinaboy

Cross-slab

What is recorded here

Towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. A cross-slab (dims. 0.52m x 0.48m; T 0.15m) with an incised ringed cross and an inscription interpreted as CROBRAN (Fanning and O'hÉailidhe 1980, 14-16; Herity et al. 1997, 114) was always here, but is now in NMI (Scott 2000; O'Mahony 2005, 20). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Probably early Christian period, likely 7th to 10th century. The ringed cross and inscription may commemorate a local figure, possibly a saint or landowner, and reflect Christian devotional or territorial practices.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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