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Kille-acrue is a cross-carved pillar stone located in Moyle, Northern Ireland. Known locally as the Priests Stone, this early Christian monument consists of a standing stone bearing an incised cross carved into its surface. The stone rests upon bedrock formed from Palaeogene mafic lavas and tuffs, which underlie this part of the Antrim plateau. Such carved stones represent an important phase of early Christian settlement and religious practice in medieval Ulster, typically marking sacred sites, burial grounds, or routes associated with monastic communities. The stone's simple but enduring cross design reflects the earliest Christian artistic tradition in the region, predating more elaborate carved monuments. The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 602, recognising its significance as evidence of Christianity's establishment in the north of Ireland.
Kille-acrue, kilcrue. priests stone. cross-carved pillar stone is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 602. View the official record →
Kille-acrue is a cross-carved pillar stone located in Moyle, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 602.
Kille-acrue, kilcrue. priests stone. cross-carved pillar stone dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a cross-carved stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kille-acrue, kilcrue. priests stone. cross-carved pillar stone is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 602.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (2.3 km), Cashel with souterrain (3 km), Carn an truagh, knocklayd. megalithic tomb, possibly passage tomb (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kille-acrue, kilcrue. priests stone. cross-carved pillar stone's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Kille-acrue, kilcrue. priests stone. cross-carved pillar stone stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.