What is recorded here

Kells Upper By. still holds a limestone cross-slab on the west buttress of its church tower. A double circle binds the equal-armed cross, making the stone seem less like a marker and more like a cage for light. People may have pressed their palms there, tested the edges, or simply watched the shape change as the sun moved.

From Bradley and King (1985, 1, 80) On the W buttress of the church tower. Limestone fragment with an incised equal armed cross inscribed within a double circle (Roe 1959, 57-9) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 July, 2014

Probably dates to the early medieval period, likely between the 8th and 11th centuries. The equal-armed cross within a double circle may have had both Christian and pre-Christian symbolic significance, possibly serving as a marker, memorial, or boundary stone with protective or spiritual connotations.

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