What is recorded here

Re-erected on a wide cairn above Maghera strand, the trapezoidal slab presents a Latin cross with T-bar endings on both faces. It stands on barren rock north of the shore, where wind and salt have probably erased every name that once gathered around it. The cross still points upward, unchanged despite the buried lives and forgotten prayers that may have fallen away beneath the stones.

A trapezoidal-shaped slab .7m x .13m to .28m x .13m has been re-erected on a cairn 8.1m x 6.2m and 2m in height. A Latin cross with T-bar endings is inscribed on both sides. The site is located on a small mound of rock outcrop N of Maghera strand on generally barren land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-slab reflects Christian symbolism and may have served as a memorial or waymark. Its placement on a cairn suggests a possible integration with earlier prehistoric or pagan ritual landscapes.

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