Cross-slab in Lynally Glebe

Two early Christian cross-slabs (OF016/033001/002-) now in the National Museum (collection L 1935:3-4) were discovered in a mound or fort (OF016-033----) in the field immediately to the S of the motte (JRSAI 26, 320). Small circular earthwork indicated on first edition of the OS 6-inch map and surveyed in 1942 for the ITA survey. This earthwork was described in 1942 as 'A low mound with very little depth of soil , close to mote, no clear traces of fosse or ramparts, rising about 6 feet from surrounding field and close to mote. Now tilled. Shown as fort on 1835 OS 6-inch map. In it found two cross-slabs, now in Dublin Museum and human teeth' (ITA Survey 1942). (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 32; Moran 1962, 45; Reynolds-Dunlevy and Haworth 1975, 59; Loeber 1981, 290) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Dated to the early Christian period, likely 7th to 9th century AD, the cross-slab reflects the spread of Christianity in the region and may have served a liturgical or commemorative function. No specific folklore or additional prehistoric context is associated with the site.