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Cross-slab in Mocmoyne

Cross-slab

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Cross-slab in Mocmoyne is a cross-slab in Mocmoyne, County Roscommon, Ireland. It measures about 1.35m x 0.54m, is 0.1m thick, has a 0.3m x 0.2m incised cross, and lies 20m north of Assylin Church beside another cross-incised slab. L. dePaor drew it for RIA in 1988.
There is a drawing in RIA of a cross-slab from Assylin Church (RO005-020001-) made by L. dePaor in 1988 (No. 3). The slab (dims. c. 1.35m x c. 0.54m; T 0.1m) has an incised cross (dims. c. 0.3m x 0.2m), and is c. 20m N of the church beside the cross-incised slab (RO005-020006-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian worship or burial practices. The cross may signify a memorial or ecclesiastical boundary marker.

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