St Columba founded a monastery here c 556. There is a 10C High Cross,
a 10/11C Cross Slab, a Cross Base and a Holy Well. The Book of Durrow
was made here
OS 48 321 307
see C O’Brien Stories from a Sacred Landscape ch 8
see: Irish Monasticism,
Cross Slabs and High Crosses,
Holy Wells and Holy Trees

High Cross
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