What is recorded here
Clear water and sharp edges. You can hear the place thinking because the facts remove the chance of inventing a new story.
One of five Early Christian cross-slabs (KD018-001003- to KD018-001007- ) located in a graveyard (KD018-001002-) which also contains a church site (KD018-001001-). A small, well preserved, earthfast slab of reddish/brown conglomerate stone with many schist inclusions comprises a rectangular shaft with a rounded head, the E face of which bears a Greek cross formed by chiselling out the quadrants between the cross arms (total dims. H 0.8m; Wth of shaft 0.3m; diam of head 0.4m; T 0.13-0.16m).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Early Christian period, likely 7th to 9th century. The cross-slab may have served as a grave marker or commemorative monument, reflecting Christian symbolism and possibly local saints or notable figures.
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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