What is recorded here

Yes. An Eochaill cross-slab stands broken in a children’s burial ground, leaning on a much later grave as though time had folded rather than passed. Its shallow cross still faces east, but the slab has lost both ends, leaving the ceremony incomplete and the children unnamed. What is known is that stone, loss and memory occupy one small place; what is not known is whether the cross marked a family, a faith or a warning.

This fragment of a limestone cross-slab (H 1.13m; max. Wth 0.55m) is in the W half of a children’s burial ground (GA111-002005-), propped against a 19th-century grave. Both ends of the slab are broken. A short semicircular boss is evident on each side. The side facing E bears a simple two-line Latin cross with rounded hollows between the angles of each arm. The terminals on the arms are rounded off. (Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 390, no. 110) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 February 2016 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.

This cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period (6th–10th century) and may have originally served as a Christian memorial or waymarker. Its presence near a burial ground suggests a possible connection to local Christian tradition or ecclesiastical activity in the area.

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