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Cross-slab in Gallen

Cross-slab

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East Wall, West Facing, South off Centre Diagram Number 20 Inventory of Carved Stone ID 000020 Demensions: Height .96m Width .66m Slab. Sub-rectangular outline. It bears a double outline angular frame, which runs almost the full width and length of the slab. The upper part and much of the dexter side have worn away. There is a double outline circle from the upper edge. At this point and 0,02m from the frame on the sinister side there is a single line circle, 0,08m d. just level with it inside the dexter side of the frame, and a double outline circle immediately below it, 0.095m d. No other pattern discernible. Description from Inventory of Carved Stone, National Monuments Service Archive.
Likely dating to the early medieval period, this cross-slab may have served a Christian funerary or commemorative function. The angular framing suggests symbolic or decorative religious iconography, though its precise meaning or associated folklore remains unclear.

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