What is recorded here

West of the South Cross, a broken granite slab lies flat in the Castledermot graveyard, its Latin cross still sharp enough to mark the edge of forgetting. The stone is small, barely larger than a outstretched arm, yet it carries the weight of every burial beside it. To touch its expanded terminals is to feel how much depth remains hidden under ordinary grass.

In the graveyard (KD040-002031-), to the W of the South Cross (KD040-002010-). A broken, recumbent granite slab (dims. L 0.64m; Wth 0.38m; T 0.17m) carries an incised Latin cross with expanded terminals. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 102; Corlett 2003 93-94 Slab 4) Date of upload: 8 September 2016

Dated to the early medieval period, likely between the 8th and 11th centuries, the cross-slab reflects Christian symbolism and may have served as a funerary or commemorative monument. Such stones are often associated with early monastic sites or local cemeteries, indicating the spread of Christianity in the region.

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