What is recorded here

One of five early medieval cross-slabs in Ballynakill, this stone wears a double-lined cross unlike its companions and bears the words OR DO CHORMACAN. It stands attached to a modern display feature built along the church gable line, pulling an old prayer into the middle of a new room. Chormacan may have been a neighbour, a priest or a child, but the request for his life remains clear beside the others.

One of five early medieval cross-slabs (see also LF013-045004-, LF013-045010-, LF013-045011-, LF013-045012-) attached to the W face of a display feature that has been constructed on the line of the E gable of a church (LF013-045002-). This cross-slab (H 0.97m; Wth 0.65m; T 0.1m) bears a simple, incised, double-lined cross, which is quite distinct in form from the others. The inscription reads OR DO CHORMACAN (Macalister 1949, vol. 2, 195-6). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Date likely to the 8th to 10th century AD, consistent with the early medieval period in Ireland. The cross-slab may have served a liturgical or commemorative function, possibly linked to the church, and may reflect Christian symbolism or local ecclesiastical tradition.

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