Cross-slab in Sevenchurches OR Camaderry

Location: Recumbent, outside N wall of St Kevin's Church, immediately S of cross-slab WI023-009014- (29 August 2005). Described by Leask (1950, fig.8d, 22, 44) as a ‘massive slab of granite, 7 feet 1 inch [2.15m] by 3 feet 2 inches [0.96m], broken in two. Carved in relief is a rectangular panel containing two ringed crosses on the same shaft; one has rolls within the quadrants. N. of the church’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 December 2012 See linked document with drawing 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.

Date likely to the early medieval period, based on its cross-slab form and association with a church site. Such stones may have had a Christian commemorative or liturgical function, possibly marking a burial or as part of church furnishings.