What is recorded here

Carrowtomush is an Irish church graveyard holding three cross-slabs, including one large sandstone slab bearing a plain two-line Latin cross. Time and perhaps human care removed its upper left corner and bottom edge, yet the straight-ended cross still marks the grave. The completion of the cross, rather than the loss of stone, may be what the place still asks people to see.

Within the graveyard (GA016-013002-) associated with the church (GA106-013001-). Described by Higgins (1987, vol. II, 323, no. 49) as a large subrectangular sandstone slab (H 0.85m; Wth 0.71m; T 0.06m) that bears a two-line Latin cross with simple straight-ended terminals. The upper left-hand corner and bottom part of the slab are missing. This cross-slab is one of three (see also GA016-013003- and GA016-013005-) recorded by Higgins (ibid., 278, no. 9; 373, no. 93) in the graveyard. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 5 April 2018

Probably dates to the early Christian period (5th–11th century AD) and may have functioned as a memorial or waymarker. Its cross motif suggests Christian symbolism, though it may incorporate or replace earlier pre-Christian traditions.

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