What is recorded here

Graveslab in Portlecka lies recumbent in the nave of Ruan Church, its double-lined ringed cross facing west beside a neighbouring slab bearing a similar mark. The stone measures just over a metre long and lacks any inscription, leaving the identities of the buried people hidden beneath chiselled faith. Two crosses side by side suggest a family, a partnership or a deliberate choice by the person who laid them out.

Situated in the nave of Ruan Church (CL025-070002-). A graveslab (L 1.09m; Wth at top 0.52m; Wth at base 0.41m; D 0.06m) lying recumbent and aligned E-W with the head to W. A double-lined incised ringed cross-head occupies the wider end. There is no evidence of an incised shaft, or of any inscription. A graveslab (CL025-070009-) with similar incised cross lies immediately adjacent to E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 31 October 2018

Early Christian Christian graveslab, 8th–10th century. Its incised ringed cross indicates a high-status ecclesiastical or secular individual, reflecting the spread of Christianity in the region during the early medieval period.

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