What is recorded here

Knocklong East holds a broken cross-slab trapped inside the south wall footings of its medieval church, marking the exact centre where worship once gathered. The stone stands sixty centimetres tall with a forked Latin cross carved on its east face, waiting to be seen by whoever walks past the buried foundation. It is not a display piece behind glass but a live boundary marker, forcing the building and the dead to share one narrow strip of earth.

Rectangular shaped cross-inscribed stone (dims. 0.6m H x 0.35m Wth x 0.16m T) standing immediately inside wall footings of S wall in centre of medieval church site of Knocklong. The top of the stone has been broken off. The E face of the stone has an inscribed Latin Cross with forked terminals to the arms of the cross. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 June 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 343/14 and 16 on 05/01/2003.

Probably dates to the early Christian period (5th–10th centuries), associated with the nearby medieval church site. Likely served as a memorial or liturgical marker, with the cross symbolizing Christian faith and possibly marking a sacred space or boundary.

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