Cross-slab in High Island

This cross-slab, known only from Wakeman’s drawing of 1839 (Wakeman 1839a), is missing (Fisher 2014, 224, no. 61, Fig. 7.10). The foot of the slab appeared to have been bevelled to form a tenon. The upper part bore an expansional cross in relief with a large central roundel and four terminals. The outline head and trunk of a human figure, with arms at its sides, was evident below the cross. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 159, no. 36) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 23 November 2015

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-slab may have had a Christian religious function, possibly as a memorial or waymarker. Its bevelled base suggests it was once set into a socket or structure, though its current absence limits understanding of its original setting and symbolic meaning.