What is recorded here

Breakers and time bit High Island until the church enclosure collapsed into rubble, yet a small cross-slab survived with one rounded notch and a pale circular boss still visible. It is not a grand monument, but a fragment sharp enough to suggest worship, marking, or memory beside the sea.

Recorded by Fisher (2014, 226, no. 66, Fig. 7.11), this possible cross-slab was found in rubble within the church enclosure (GA021-026021-) on High Island. The incomplete slab (L 0.35m; Wth 0.37m; T 0.4m) is sheared on two sides. One semicircular notch is visible along one preserved edge and a flat circular boss in low relief is evident in the upper right side. The slab is now in the care of the OPW (Athenry depot, Co. Galway, GA084-151028-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload 23 November 2015

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-slab may have originally marked a Christian burial or served as a memorial within a ecclesiastical context. Its presence in the church enclosure suggests a connection to early Christian worship or commemorative practice on High Island.

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