What is recorded here

Half a metre of pale sandstone stands at the southwest corner of Moybologue graveyard, its narrow face marking a forgotten life with a cross drawn inside a circle. The stone is thin enough to hold in both hands, yet it has watched the field breathe through rain and frost for generations. Whoever laid it believed a small line could anchor a name against forgetting, and the graveyard still keeps that promise without speaking.

Located just inside the wall of Moybologue graveyard (CV034-046007-) at SW is a sandstone slab set up as a grave-marker (Wth 0.45m; H 0.59m; T 0.07-0.1m) with a simple cross inscribed within a circle (diam. 0.21m) on one face. It was first reported by Brian Callaghan. See the attached image courtesy of Brian Callaghan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 19 March 2020

Likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th century AD), the cross-slab may have served as a Christian grave marker or memorial. The cross within a circle motif is commonly associated with early Irish Christian symbolism, possibly reflecting both Christian and pre-Christian traditions.

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