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Recorded by Fisher (2014, 112, 217, no. 37, Fig. 7.6), this irregular cross-slab (H 0.62m; Wth 0.47m; T 0.09m) of garnet mica-schist was found in a deposit of silt and grit overlying a leacht (GA021-026084-) to the E of ‘Cell B’, the clochan (GA021-026013-) to the E of the church (GA021-026014-) on High Island. It may originally have stood upright on or close to the leacht. One face is decorated. It is filled with a circle that is divided into eight segments by bands that form two interconnected Greek crosses. Within a central roundel there is an incised linear Greek cross. The cross-slab is now in the OPW depot on the island - see GA021-026060- for original location.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 22 February 2023
Fisher, I. (revised by Scally, G. and Maddern, C.) 2014 Catalogue of cross-slabs. In G. Scally, High Island (Ardoileán), Co. Galway: Excavation of an early medieval monastery. Archaeological Monograph Series 10. Dublin. The Stationery Office.
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