What is recorded here

In Reachlainn Uí Bhirn, a small slab stands sixty-six centimetres tall, marked on both faces with shallow, crude crosses that barely break the stone. The off-centre apex and faint rounded ends suggest a hurried chisel rather than a master carver, perhaps placed by someone who needed a visible sign more than a perfect shape. Weather has already taken the top of one cross, reminding us that even urgent prayers fade without witness.

On a leacht (DG089-018003-) the slab is described by Herity (1995, 98, No. 04) as ‘a small, roughly shaped slab, 66cm tall, 30cm in width and 4-5cm in thickness, with off-centre slightly gabled apex. There are crosses incised near the apex of the slab on both faces. Face A: A crudely formed cross, 17cm tall and 21cm across the arms is cut on this face in very shallow lines. The cross is plain with just a slight suggestion of a rounded broadening of the upper and right-hand terminals. Face B: On this face the surface of the slab has scaled away near the apex, destroying the upper part of the cross which now measures 20.2cm across the transom and has a lower limb 11.3cm long. Like that on Face A this appears to have been a simple, crudely cut cross; again there is the suggestion of a slight rounded expansion on the right-hand limb.’ (Walsh 1983,61 (C), Fig. 21, d) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 2 February 2014

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