What is recorded here
Kilnamona church and holy well: Cross-slab in Kilnamona. On the floor of an E-W valley, c. 150m S of Kilnamona church (CL033-006001-) and forming the W edge of a holy well (CL033-0070011). A limestone slab (dims. 0.48m x 0.46m; T 0.13m) with an incised ringed cross of double lines with hollowed angles.
On the floor of an E-W valley, c. 150m S of Kilnamona church (CL033-006001-) and forming the W edge of a holy well (CL033-0070011). A limestone slab (dims. 0.48m x 0.46m; T 0.13m) with an incised ringed cross of double lines with hollowed angles.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 May 2016
Probably dating to the early medieval period (7th–10th centuries), the cross-slab likely served a Christian ritual or commemorative function, possibly associated with the nearby holy well. Such stones are often linked to pilgrimage, territorial markers, or funerary monuments in ecclesiastical landscapes.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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