What is recorded here

Clear water and sharp stone mark the edge of the world. The chamber must be able to receive both, not force one or the other.

This cross-slab was found lying face-down in the lowermost course of masonry within the altar in the church (GA021-026014-) on High Island (Scally 2014, 65-7). Described by Fisher et al. (2014, 212, no. 23, Fig. 7.5) as a rectilinear slab of garnet mica-schist (H 0.67m; Wth 0.53m; T 0.09m), which was broken across obliquely at the left foot. One face is filled with a grooved linear cross with forked terminals, similar to that on the N face of the cross-slab (GA021-026007-) near the holy well (GA021-026007-). It was not possible to determine if the lower terminal had been carved due to damage to the slab by flaking. This cross-slab is now in the care of the OPW (Athenry depot, Co. Galway, see GA084-151019-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-slab may have originally served as a Christian monument or marker, possibly associated with an early church or burial site. Its placement within the altar suggests it was repurposed during later construction of the church on High Island.

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