What is recorded here

Knock monastery dropped anchors into Inisbofin seas, carving cross-slabs from green island rock. Two notches cut into its sides, a rounded crown above them, the shape suggests hands praying around a absent centre. The slab still stands at the graveyard's edge, facing the ocean that buried the monks who made it.

Located in the graveyard (GA009D014002-) associated with the early monastic foundation at the SE end of Inisbofin Island. Described by Higgins (1987, ii, 393, no. 113) as a plain waisted cross-slab (H 0.86m; max. Wth 0.35m; T 0.06-0.07m) of gneisse or schist, loosely set in the ground with its broad faces orientated to the E and W. A concave notch has been cut out of each side of the slab and the area above these has been worked to a rounded roughly semicircular shape. Another similar cross-slab (GA009D014010-) is also visible in the graveyard. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 June 2018

Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with the monastic settlement on Inisbofin Island. Likely used as a funerary or commemorative marker, reflecting Christian symbolism and local ecclesiastical traditions.

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