kilnasaggart

An inscription on the south-east face records that Ternohc son of Ceran Bic put the place under the protection of St. Peter the Apostle. As Ternohc's death is recorded in 714 or 716, the inscription could make this the earliest historically datable stone monument in Ireland. Above the inscription is a Latin cross and, beneath it, a decorative equal armed cross in a circle.

The north-western face bears other forms of crosses, both with and without enclosing circle. The pillar stood at the edge of a graveyard, claimed in the mid-19th century to be radial in plan. Excavations in 1966 and 1968 uncovered both stone-built and dug graves, but they were oriented east-west and not radially. Lying close to the pillar are several small stones, some bearing crosses.