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Built into stone wall behind St. Abina's Catholic church, Garrane. D-shaped slab (0.9m x 0.6m) with inscription 'Altar Stone'; inscribed Greek cross with straight terminals positioned between the two words. Church itself in use; rectangular gable-ended church with bellcote on NW gable; entrance porch in NE wall with inscription 'AD 1877' in plaster medallion.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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