What is recorded here
In the rubble of the church tower ruins (WI005-070001-) in the old graveyard (WI005-070005-) at Burgage. A granite fragment (dims. L 0.43m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.25m) bears portion of an incised cross. (Corlett 2003, 90-91 Slab 3)
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 07 December 2012
A 5th- to 6th-century Christian gravestone with an incised cross, likely associated with an early monastic or ecclesiastical site; it reflects the early Christian presence in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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