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Cross-slab in Eoghanacht

Cross-slab

What is recorded here

This fragment of a cross-slab (dims. 0.58m x 0.57m; T 0.12m) lies at the E end of the building (GA110-010009-) to the N of Teampall Bhreacáin (GA110-010001-). It bears a ringed Latin cross with fleur-de-lis terminals (Waddell 1973, 21, no. 15). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 March 2016
This cross-slab fragment, dating likely to the early medieval period (7th–10th century), reflects Christian symbolism, with the ringed Latin cross and fleur-de-lis terminals commonly associated with ecclesiastical or monastic sites. It may have originally formed part of a high cross or church monument in the Eoghanacht region, an area historically linked to early Irish Christian settlements.

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