Cross-slab in Sevenchurches OR Camaderry

Part of exhibition display, Visitor Centre (30 August 2005). Described by Leask (1950, 44) as ‘part of a tapering slab, now 4 feet 4 inches [1.32m] by 2 feet 2 inches [0.66m]. A single line frame encloses a ringed cross of two lines with a pointed and looped top’ . Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 December 2012 See linked document with drawing of slab taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-slab features a ringed cross, a common Christian symbol from the 7th to 10th centuries. Such stones were often used as memorials or markers for religious sites, reflecting the spread of Christianity in rural areas.