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Inscribed stone (present location) in Smutternagh

Inscribed stone (present location)

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.

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