What is recorded here

One Gallen cross-slab lies buried in museum drawers while its partner still stands choked by grass. Both were cut for the same doomed church, yet only one was carried away when the diggers left. The river keeps the secret the men forgot: a chamber, a altar, a door, a name. The slab in the case is half a sentence. The slab in the field is the other half, waiting for someone to read the marks before rain erases them.

Situated on a slight rise with river to the E. The ecclesiastical remains consist of an a medieval church (OF014-029008-), possible abbey church (OF014-029001-), graveyard (OF014-029002-) early Christian cross-slabs (OF014-029003-) and a bullaun stone (OF014-029005-). Cross-slabs were discovered during an excavation carried out in 1934-5 in the area around a medieval church (OF014-029008-) and now housed in the National Museum of Ireland (Reg. No. E. 37: Nonumber 1; Habitat C:14: 13/14). One of two cross-slabs (OF014-029011). (JRSAI 69, 1939 1-20; PRIA 46 1940-1) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Early medieval in date, likely 8th to 10th century, the cross-slab may have marked a burial or had a liturgical function within a Christian settlement. Its location near ecclesiastical remains suggests a connection to early monastic or church activity in the area.

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