What is recorded here

Half a metre of grey stone stands at the southeast corner of the Taghshinny churchyard, its eastern face carved with a Latin cross whose ends swell into broad D-shapes. At the heart of that cross sits a tiny incised circle containing another cross, small enough to hide beneath a fingertip yet sharp enough to stop the eye. The slab has watched the graveyard for generations, quiet and patient, waiting for someone to notice the little world locked inside the bigger one.

Within a graveyard (LF023-097002-), close to the SE angle of the 18th-century church. One of two cross-slabs (see also LF023-97004-). This roughly rectangular cross-slab (exposed H 0.7m; Wth 0.72m; T 0.11m) is aligned N-S. On its E face is a decorated Latin cross with expanded D-shaped terminals. At the intersection of the stem and arm is another very small incised cross within a circle. To see a 3D model of the cross-slab visit https://skfb.ly/oHrp7 Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2013

Date likely to the early medieval period, based on its cross-slab form and context within a graveyard. Such stones may have marked Christian burials or served as memorials, reflecting early Christian traditions in the area.

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