This broken shaft of a cross-slab was recognised in 1899: it had been turned upside down, re-shaped and carved with a skull and cross-bones in 1699 and used as a gravestone.
The face bearing the skull and cross-bones also shows the remains of tendril pattern in the panel to the right of the shaft, which bears faint traces of the double twist and ring. The other face preserves remnants of a twist and ring pattern in the panel to the left of the cross shaft. The surviving edge preserves a fragment of a runic inscription translated as, ‘…(carv)ed runes…’
Early Medieval
Found Kirk Michael Churchyard, Michael, Michael, Isle of Man
iMuseum (Manx National Heritage)
Cross was scanned in situ with the result that some surfaces could not be captured or photographed.
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