What is recorded here

Location: 3.40m ENE of NE corner of Priest's House. Stands beside and N of WI23-008036 (29 August 2005). This is Healy's No. 172 located 'E of of Priest's House' (WI023-008004-). Described by Healy (1972, 34) as an ‘approximately rectangular slab of mica schist 1.86m x 0.56m x 0.07m thick. It bears a well defined incised outlined Latin cross with rounded angles, and expanding arms and head’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 November 2012 See linked document with drawing from Patrick Healy, Supplementary survey of ancient monuments at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished OPW report, 1972.

Probably dating to the early medieval period, this cross-slab may have had a Christian funerary or commemorative function, reflecting the spread of Christianity in the region. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with protective or healing properties.

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