What is recorded here

Reddish-brown conglomerate rises eighty-six centimetres from the Ballintine graveyard soil, tapering slightly before swelling into a rounded head that faces east. A Greek cross is cut into its surface, simple enough to be read at a glance but deep enough to stop a hand halfway up the shaft. It stands among four companion slabs near an old church site, waiting for people to measure what devotion cost when stone was scarce and belief was not.

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 very fine, tapering, earthfast shaft of reddish/brown conglomerate stone with a rounded head carrying a Greek cross on its E face (total dims. H 0.86m; T 0.08-0.10m; Wth of shaft at base 0.3m; Wth of shaft at top 0.36m; diam. of head 0.39m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Dated to the Early Christian period (7th–9th century AD), the cross-slab likely served a commemorative or liturgical function, possibly marking a grave or as part of a churchyard monument. Its design reflects the artistic traditions of early medieval Christian communities in the region.

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