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Cross-slab in Gallen

Cross-slab

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Fragment. West Wall, West Facing, South off centre. Diagram C36 Inventory of Carved Stone ID 000118 Dimensions: Height .131m Width .125m Slab fragment. Possibly part of one hollow angle of cross incised on it. Description from Inventory of Carved Stone, National Monuments Service Archive.
Likely dating to the Early Christian period, this fragment may have been part of a cross slab used in a burial or commemorative context. Its partial cross-carving suggests a Christian symbolic function, though its precise meaning or folklore remains unclear.

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