What is recorded here

During penal times, priests climbed the by-road and celebrated mass beneath the splayed arms of Cross, turning a small limestone marker into a temporary chapel. Children died nearby and were buried beside the road, their graves hidden in grass while adults worshipped under threat. The cross still stands on its drystone base, small enough to touch but heavy with the risk taken by everyone who knelt before it.

In a hedgerow on the N side of a by-road. This small limestone cross (H 0.9m) has upwardly splayed arms on which the figure of Christ, wearing a loin cloth, is carved in high relief. The cross is set on a drystone leacht-like structure. According to local information, mass was celebrated here during penal times and it was known locally as a 'mass-rock' (O'Connell and Korff 1987). A children's burial ground (GA103-187002-) is associated. See also GA103-185----. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 4 September 2019

A small limestone high cross, dating to the early medieval period (probably 9th–11th century), built by an unknown Christian community; it features a high-relief carving of Christ and is significant as a rare example of early Christian art in a rural setting.

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