Cross-slab in Skreen, County Meath

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What is recorded here

The belfry stage of the tower of Skreen church (ME032-047003-) originally had two openings on each wall, but only the N ones survive complete, with a re-used cross-slab in the mullion. It has been modified (dims 1.4m x 17.5m; T 0.2m), and is the only physical evidence of the early church. The decoration is part of a Greek cross within three incised circles (ext. diam. 0.34m) (Fenwick 1996).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME032-047005

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Meath Chronicle; photographer not stated, www.meathchronicle.ie
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Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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