What is recorded here

Monasterboice holds three cross-slabs, including this rectangular greywacke block recovered from the graveyard in 1989. Simple deep crosses mark both faces of the sixty-centimetre stone, waiting for the dead or the living to read them. The slab has watched the border for centuries, patient as the field itself.

This cross-slab was recovered from the graveyard in 1989. It is an almost rectangular piece of greywacke (max. L 0.6m; Wth 0.18m; T 0.09m) and has a similar simple deeply incised cross on each face. It is one of three cross-slabs at Monasterboice (see also: LH021-062012-; LH021-062013-). The above description is derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 20 July 2012

Date likely to the early medieval period (7th–10th century AD), associated with Christian monastic activity in the area. The cross-slab may have served as a grave marker or liturgical object, reflecting the spiritual significance of Monasterboice as a major monastic site.

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