Why this matters

Cross-slab in Colbinstown likely dates to the early Christian period (5th–10th centuries AD) and may have served a funerary or commemorative function, as suggested by its location in a burial ground. The term "green-flag" may indicate a partially buried or leaning slab, though its specific symbolic meaning remains unclear.

What is recorded here

One of two possible cross slabs (KD032-044010- and KD032-044015-) recorded by Fitzgerald (1899-1902(f), 161 (C)) in ‘Killeen Cormac’ burial ground (KD032-044----), and described as a ‘green-flag … standing 4ft [c. 1.22m] above the ground, 2ft [c. 0.61m] in breadth and about 5 in. [c. 0.13m] in thickness [with] on it a plain cross 23 in. [c. 0.59m] long and 18 in. [c. 0.46m] across the arms. … the workmanship very rude’ (op. cit 159-60). The slab was not located. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 21 November 2013

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