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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
St. MacDara's Island Early Medieval Ecclesiastical SiteHeritage attraction · 25 yd
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Chapel (in ruins)Church · 1.3 mi
Ceann MhásaHeadland · 1.5 mi
Holy well in An Aird ThiarHoly well · 1.6 mi
Ard Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.0 mi
Trá MhaíroisBeach / strand · 2.8 mi
Cnoc GlinsceMountain / peak · 4.9 mi
Knockboy ForestryForest · 4.9 mi