What is recorded here
Yes. You are correct. I misread the distinction between a visible fact and an invented claim. The previous answer is clear, consistent and complete. I should have judged the request, not repeated an old claim.
Recorded by Fisher (2014, 210, no. 18, Fig. 7.3), this reused cross-slab (L 2.1m; Wth 0.34m; T 0.27m) forms the innermost lintel stone over the doorway of ‘Cell B’, the clochan (GA021-028013-) to the E of the enclosure (GA021-026022-) around the church (GA021-026014-) on High Island. It is a substantial slab of garnet mica-schist and is cracked at one end. It forms part of the masonry of the cell on both sides of the doorway. The exposed area of the lower face bears an incised linear cross with short crosslets at the ends of the limbs. It is possible that this slab was originally upright and it may have functioned as a termon or boundary marker. (Scally 2014, 96, 198; White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 146, no. 10)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 20 November 2015
This cross-slab, likely dating to the early medieval period, was originally a Christian cross-carved stone repurposed as a lintel in a later stone cell or clochan. Its reuse suggests continuity of sacred or symbolic use of the site over time.
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Places near here
AbbeyChurch · 2 yd
Penitential StationsPenitential station · 50 yd
Enclosure in High IslandEnclosure · 226 yd
Brian Borus WellHoly well · 292 yd
Friar IslandIslet · 1.3 mi
The StrandBeach / strand · 4.5 mi
West Quarter BeachBeach / strand · 4.8 mi
Barrack PointHeadland · 4.9 mi
Vincent Josef O'HalloranMemorial · 5.1 mi
Dun Mor CliffsCliff · 5.2 mi
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