Cross-slab in Drumacoo, County Galway

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This cross-slab was found in the graveyard (GA103-118003-) surrounding the church (GA103-118001-) at the monastic complex at Drumacoo. It comprises a subrectangular limestone slab (H 0.55m; Wth 0.37m; T 0.13m) that bears a grooved single-line Latin cross on one face. The head and arms end in T-shaped terminals and the base is subrectangular in plan (Higgins 1987, vol. II, 286, no. 17). (Waddell 1977-8, 63) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 December 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA103-118012

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