What is recorded here

One small chip of stone, no bigger than a palm, once held a name for Temple Jarlath. Now even that chip has vanished, leaving only a ghost of letters B and T floating in memory. The graveyard wall swallowed the slab, then time swallowed the wall's fragment. What remains is a hole shaped like a cross, waiting for someone to remember what it marked.

This cross-slab was recorded by Macalister (1945, 521, no. 1), who noted that only a small fragment (L 0.18m; Wth 0.09m) of it survived. It was found in the wall surrounding the graveyard (GA029-180002-) in which 'Temple Jarlath' (GA029-180001-) is situated. Part of a two-line inscription was visible: the letter B and part of a T on one line and below these a small curving segment that may have been part of the letter C. The fragment is now lost (Higgins 1987, ii, 379, no. 99). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 29 May 2018

This cross-slab fragment is likely of early medieval Christian origin, associated with a monastic or ecclesiastical site. It may have served as a funerary or commemorative marker, reflecting the spread of Christianity in the region.

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