What is recorded here

Clear water, quiet fields and one unusual standing stone still belong to the area. The place is best explored on foot, with care for private land and local history.

This early Christian cross-slab was noted by Higgins (1992, 209-12) in a section of the field wall between the round tower (GA0094-072004-) and the church (GA094-072001-) in the early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA094-072002-) at Roscam. The oblong slab of sandstone (L 0.52m; Wth 0.34m; T 0.13-14m) bears a crudely pocked single-line Latin cross which is set off-centre within a subrectangular frame. The slab has been crudely worked but its shape is natural and unaltered. It seems unlikely that it was set upright but was rather a recumbent cross-slab that was laid on a grave (ibid.). Another early Christian cross-slab (GA094-072012-) is located within the graveyard (GA094-072003-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 May 2017

This cross-slab dates to the early Christian period, likely between the 8th and 10th centuries AD, and was associated with a religious site that included a round tower and church. Such slabs often served as grave markers or commemorative monuments, and their carved crosses reflect Christian symbolism and devotion.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.