What is recorded here

Lackmacmahon Stone Cross stands beside a whitethorn bush in Galway pastureland, its squat limestone arms angled upward like a person reaching for balance. Possibly dating to early Christian times, the plain cross still occupies its original place, preserving a moment when faith and landscape were shaped together. Its unmarked surface invites wonder rather than explanation, leaving the visitor to imagine whose hands smoothed its east face and whose footsteps gathered around it before roads or records arrived.

In pastureland on the W side of the road, close to a T-junction. This plain squat thin limestone cross (H 1.08m; max. T 0.1m), cruciform in plan, is set on a small cairn (H 0.4m) beside a whitethorn bush. The solid cross-head (max. Wth 0.57m) has two stumpy arms, angled slightly upwards. Apart from a smooth finish on its E face, the cross is undecorated. Possibly of early Christian date. Crosses of somewhat similar shape are found on St MacDara's Island (see GA076-020008-) and Inchagoill (see GA110-023027-). It appears to be in its original position (SMR file, 1982). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 August 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1982).

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