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Cross-slab in Ballintine

Cross-slab

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Clear water and sharp edges. You can hear the place thinking because the facts remove the chance of inventing a new story.
One of five Early Christian cross-slabs (KD018-001003- to KD018-001007- ) located in a graveyard (KD018-001002-) which also contains a church site (KD018-001001-). A small, well preserved, earthfast slab of reddish/brown conglomerate stone with many schist inclusions comprises a rectangular shaft with a rounded head, the E face of which bears a Greek cross formed by chiselling out the quadrants between the cross arms (total dims. H 0.8m; Wth of shaft 0.3m; diam of head 0.4m; T 0.13-0.16m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Early Christian period, likely 7th to 9th century. The cross-slab may have served as a grave marker or commemorative monument, reflecting Christian symbolism and possibly local saints or notable figures.

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