What is recorded here

Graveslab in Callan South lies at the W end of the N aisle of the nave of St Mary’s parish church, a tapering limestone slab with a worn seven-armed floriated cross-head and an incised cross-shaft. Its base is broken, its edges chamfered, and a vertical split runs down the sinister side from the top to just below the cross-head. The slab still marks death, memory and making: a life shaped, recorded and left behind in stone.

Lying at the W end of the N aisle of the nave of St Mary’s parish church (KK026-010012-). Limestone tapering slab (surviving L 1.46m; Wth at top 0.57m; Wth at base 0.47m; T 0.11m) with a much worn decorated cross-head which appears to be a seven-armed floriated cross-head with a circular motif at the centre of the cross-head. It has an incised cross-shaft. The base of the slab is broken off. The surviving edges are chamfered (D 0.06m). There is a vertical split from the top of the slab to just below the cross-head on the sinister side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 September 2018

High cross base or gravestone slab, early medieval period (9th–11th century). Likely associated with Christian burial or ecclesiastical activity in the region, reflecting the spread of Christianity in Ireland.

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