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Cross-slab in Castledermot

Cross-slab

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Limestone cross slab: (dims. H 0.66m; Wth 0.34m; T 0.10m) Incised with a triple lined Latin cross. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 102) Date of upload: 8 September 2016
A Christian cross slab, likely dating to the early medieval period (7th–10th century), used as a memorial or waymarker; the triple-lined cross is typical of Irish high crosses and may have had both religious and territorial significance.

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