What is recorded here

Knock is an early monastic graveyard on Inisbofin Island, not a concealed death chamber or a separate cross-road shrine. Its surviving cross-slab is a short sandstone pillar with a grooved cross cut into the upper half of one face. The monastery may have been small, but it was a place where people buried their dead, marked them, and returned in memory.

Located in the graveyard (GA009D014002-) associated with the early monastic foundation at the SE end of Inisbofin Island. Described by Higgins (1987, ii, 335, no. 61) as sandstone pillar (H 0.8m; Wth 0.23m; T av. 0.08m) bearing an almost equal-armed multi-line grooved cross on the upper half of its E face. The arms run out at the edges of the stone. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 June 2018

Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with the monastic settlement on Inisbofin Island. Likely served a Christian funerary or commemorative function, given its location in a graveyard.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.