Week 20... Sunday 13 May 2012....
Kilnasaggart Standing Stone:
Kilnasagaart: Cill na Saggart' which means the 'church of the priest' is an early Christian inscribed standing stone in South Armagh in the townland of... that's right you guessed it... Kilnasaggart. At almost 2m tall, the Stone is regarded as being one of the oldest inscribed stones in Ireland. It stands on the ancient road which ran from Tara in County Meath and through the Moyry Pass to Dunseverick Head on the North Antrim Coast (Sighe Midhlachra).
It has a total of 13 crosses on its faces and the inscription, ‘This place, bequeathed by Temoc, son of Ceran Bic, under the patronage of Peter, the Apostle.’ Temoc’s death was recorded around 714, which sets the stone in the 8th century. Excavations at the site in 1966 and 1968 revealed an early Christian graveyard with graves oriented radially around the pillar and facing towards the rising sun. It is thought that a church was probably located nearby.
I shot the stone from the usual standpoints and the fast rising sun behind me has left the original pictures a little over exposed and harsh...
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| Light breaks above Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone |
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| Light breaks above Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone
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