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Extract from the Killadeas and Irvinestown Travel Guides:
In
KILLADEAS
churchyard, seven miles north of Enniskillen on the eastern side of the lough (take the B82), stands the
Bishop's Stone
, carved some time between the ninth and eleventh centuries. It's one of the most striking examples of the appearance of pre-Christian images in early Christian culture, having a startled pagan-style face on one side and a bishop with bell and crozier on the other. There are other interesting carved stones in the graveyard, too, including two cross slabs and a rounded pillar, possibly a pagan phallic stone. If you want to get out onto the water from here, Manor House Marine (tel 028/663...
read the whole Killadeas and Irvinestown Travel Guides...
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