What is recorded here
Death itself seems to have carved that cross, not a man. The graveyard in Legananny stands scheduled and uncertain in age, yet the pillar stone repeats a shape so deliberate it bypasses human intention. Whatever lived there understood the end before it began.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as GRAVEYARD WITH CROSS-INSCRIBED PILLAR STONE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Early Christian graveyard with a cross-inscribed pillar stone, likely dating to the 7th–10th century AD. The site is significant for its carved stone and as a rare surviving example of a medieval Christian burial ground in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Legananny Cross StoneMonument · 16 yd
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Backaderry WoodForest · 1.0 mi
SlieveniskyMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Slieve Croob Transmitter Road walkWalking route · 1.7 mi
The Moat PadWalking route · 2.2 mi
SpinkaneeCliff · 2.8 mi
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Ballyward HouseHouse · 3.2 mi
Drumgooland Parish ChurchChurch · 3.2 mi
Clarkhill WoodForest · 3.3 mi