What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Knockbrack (corran By.) is a cross-slab in Knockbrack (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. Knockbrack (corran By.) holds the upper part of a broken sandstone slab, 0.27 m high, 0.17 m wide and 0.07 m thick, with a simple cross 0.13 m high and 0.13 m wide extending almost the full slab width. It was found southeast of the church in Drumrat graveyard and is now in the NMI.

In Drumrat graveyard (SL039-074002-). The upper part of a broken sandstone slab (H c. 0.27m; Wth 0.17m; T c. 0.07m), inscised with a simple cross (H 0.13m; Wth 0.13m) extending almost the full width of the slab, was found to the SE of the church (SL039-074001-) (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). This slab is now in the NMI (DU018-224----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 13 September 2010

Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian burial practices. The cross may signify a memorial or marker within the graveyard, reflecting local religious observance or personal devotion.

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