What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Ballypheasan is a cross-slab in Ballypheasan, County Roscommon, Ireland. The stone measures 0.57m x 0.12-0.14m at its base and rises 0.64-0.7m high. Its E face carries a crudely-incised latin cross 0.58m tall and 0.56m wide, with a single line ring 0.3-0.39m across. The slab serves as a grave-marker in St Comán’s graveyard.

A cross-slab (dims of base 0.57m x 0.12-0.14m; H 0.64-0.7m) with a crudely-incised latin cross (H 0.58m; Span 0.56m) and a single line ring (dims 0.3-0.39m) on its E face is used as a grave-marker in St Comán’s graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 November, 2016

Probably dating to the early medieval period, this cross-slab likely served as a Christian grave marker, reflecting the influence of monastic traditions associated with St Comán. The combination of a Latin cross and a ring motif may indicate a fusion of Christian and earlier symbolic traditions.

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