What is recorded here
Situated at a break in a marked SW-facing slope immediately outside the S wall of Dunboyke church (WI015-011001-), near the division between nave and chancel. A granite slab (H 0.3m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.1m) with a cross in low relief (H 0.05m) on its E face, The cross extends across the width of the slab and appears to represent the terminal of a cross shaft. (Corlett 2003, 97, 98 Slab 4)
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 19 December 2012
Early Christian gravestone, likely 7th to 10th century AD; its location near the church and carved cross indicate a Christian burial or memorial, reflecting early medieval funerary practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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