What is recorded here

Bailey Mór mound holds a narrow cross-slab beside a house wall, its angular top broken but both faces still marking simple crosses in thin incised lines. The stone rises only halfway out of the ground, yet it belongs to the state and remains a national monument. Whoever cut those crosses worked a thin groove through tough rock, perhaps answering a prayer, claiming a boundary or remembering someone the sea has since taken.

On Bailey Mór mound (MA023-014003-), adjacent to the SW corner of a house (MA023-014008-). This cross-inscribed pillar is a National Monument in state ownership (no. 379). Narrow upright stone (H 0.5m; Wth 0.19m N–S; T 0.08m), deeply embedded in the ground, with an incised cross on both broad faces. The top of the cross is angular and appears to be broken. The E face bears a simple single-line cross, with the top of the cross 0.14m below the top of the stone. The incised lines are thin, the groove c. 2cm in width. The horizontal element extends more or less the full width of the stone. The vertical element measures 0.28m in total height, 0.11m above the horizontal arms and 0.17m below. The W face is bears a single-line cross, with horizontal arms (Wth 0.16m) extending more or less the full width of the stone. The vertical element measures c. 0.2m in total height, 0.09m above the horizontal line and 0.12m below. Attached images: MA023-014021-_01.JPG W face of cross-slab with house (MA023-014008-) MA023-014021-_02.JPG E face of cross slab Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 July 2023 References: Henry, F. 1951 New monuments from Inishkea North, Co. Mayo. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquities of Ireland 81, 65-69

Cross-slab in Inis Gé Thuaidh is likely from the early medieval period, associated with Christian symbolism and possibly used as a memorial or waymark. Its cross inscription reflects the spread of Christianity in Ireland during the 7th to 10th centuries.

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