Cross-slab in Eoghanacht

This is one of eight cross-slabs (see also GA110-023013- to GA110-023016- and GA110-023018- to GA110-023020-) associated with Leaba Bhreacáin (GA110-023001-). This example forms part of the N revetting face of the leaba. It consists of a subrectangular block of limestone (H 0.72m; Wth 0.37m; T 0.06m) bearing a grooved two-line Latin cross (Waddell 1973, 19, no. 7). (Crawford 1913, 154 (l); Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 319, no. 45) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 March 2016

Dateable to the early medieval period, likely between the 8th and 12th centuries AD, this cross-slab may have had a funerary or commemorative function, associated with the nearby Leaba Bhreacáin, possibly a burial site or cairn. The carved cross suggests a Christian context, potentially linked to the spread of Christianity in the region.