Cross-slab in Gallen

Fragment. West Wall, West Facing, South off centre. Diagram C20 Inventory of Carved Stone ID 000132 Dimensions: Height 0.20m Width 0.165m Slab fragment. Part of incised arc of circle enclosing a cross with incised double outline of a thistle or bell-shaped quadrant. Other random marks. No design decipherable. Description from Inventory of Carved Stone, National Monuments Service Archive.

Probably dating to the early medieval period, this fragment likely represents a Christian cross within a circular motif, commonly found in ecclesiastical or memorial contexts. Such symbols may have had both religious significance and a role in local folklore or territorial marking.