St McCartan’s Sundial

This monument is often described as the Sundial. The shaft is decorated with a continuous interlaced broad-band.

Above the band at the widest part of the monument is a sundial, with a small rectangular piece of interlace above it. At the base of the shaft is a carving of a fish, possibly representing the salmon of knowledge.

It is suggested this is a prototypical cross from the mid 7th century. At the top of the cross is the shape of a head, with a damaged face. It has a large breastplate, decorated with another broad interlaced band. They look like four celtic knots.