Early Christian monastery (OF014-029----) founded at Gallen, Co. Offaly by St. Canoc in 492 AD. This monastic site was excavated in 1934-5 by T. D. Kendrick. About 200 fragments of cross-slabs dating from the 8th/11th-centuries were uncovered by this excavation. Roughly rectangular-shaped sandstone slab measuring 0.66m high x 0.51m wide that has been inserted into the western face of a wall built on the line of the east gable of the excavated church. The surface of the stone has a naively incised ringed-cross with hollowed angles. The outline of the cross is defined by a deep double line incision. On either side of the shaft of the cross there are equal-armed crosses formed by arcs inside a circle. The circle on the left side consists of a triple row of incisions. There are traces of an inscription running vertically down the stone on the left or sinister side of the cross. For more information, visit: https://maps.archaeology.ie/HistoricEnvironment/?SMRS=OF014-029036-
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