What is recorded here
Found in the wall of a house at Aghrafinigan, it is now kept on the lawn of a house. Rectangular slab (dims 0.93m x 0.42m; H 0.21m) with IHS inscribed deeply (Wth 2cm; D 1cm) into half of the upper surface. It is thought locally to have been a mass-rock (Tonra 2001, 88).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Dated to the early Christian period, the inscription "IHS" (a monogram for Jesus) suggests a Christian devotional use, possibly from a medieval chapel or holy site. Such stones are often associated with local pilgrimage or boundary markers in rural Christian traditions.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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