What is recorded here

Maulinward holds a seventy-centimetre stone where a ringed cross faces east and deep grooves mark the west edge. The grooves suggest people sharpened tools against the grave marker, blending daily survival with memory. The cross watches the field while its rough side records the friction of living hands.

Upright stone (H 0.7m; 0.23m x 0.13m) in graveyard (CO131-007002-). Simple linear ringed cross (H 0.35m; Wth 0.19m; diam. c. 0.15m), incised on E face; arms extend outside ring. Shaft terminates in crosslets. Many grooves on W face suggesting used for sharpening. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-slab in Maulinward may have served as a Christian memorial or waymark. The ringed cross with crosslets is characteristic of Insular Christian art, and such stones often carried symbolic or devotional significance.

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