What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Carrowntomush stands upright in the Galway graveyard beside the church, bearing three single-line Greek crosses on a rectangular sandstone slab. The larger cross sits above two smaller ones, while shallow notches mark halfway down each side, perhaps guiding how deep the stone should sink. It still sets loosely in the ground, swaying slightly when touched, as if the graveyard has not fully decided whether to keep it or release it.

Within the graveyard (GA016-013002-) associated with the church (GA106-013001-). Described by Higgins (1987, vol. II, 278, no. 9) as a large rectangular sandstone slab (H 0.96m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.07m) that bears three single-line Greek crosses: one larger cross is placed above two smaller ones. The slab was upright but it set loosely in the ground. A notch noted about half-way down each side of it may have been intended to mark the approximate depth to which it was to be sunk into the ground. The cross-slab is one of three (see also GA016-013004- and GA016-013005-) recorded by Higgins (ibid., 323, no. 49; 373, no. 93) in the graveyard. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 5 April 2018

Probably dating to the early Christian period, the cross-slab likely served as a funerary or commemorative monument, reflecting Christian symbolism within a local burial context. Such slabs often carried religious or personal inscriptions, though their specific dedications are rarely recorded.

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