What is recorded here

Located just above the landing place at Cruach na Cara/St Macdara’s Island, just 6m to the N of another cross-slab (GA076-002007-). Described by Higgins (1987, ii, 387, no. 107) as a plain limestone slab (H 0.96m; Wth 0.61m) with a solid disc-shaped head. The surface is indented with natural fissures. (Crawford 1907, 211) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 June 2018

Probably dating to the early medieval period, this cross-slab may be associated with the cult of St Macdara and could have served as a Christian memorial or waymark. Such stones often carried religious or territorial significance in coastal pilgrimage landscapes.

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