Branhui's Cross (No. 169)
Branhui's Cross (No. 169)
A broken slab with the remains of a square armed cross with sunken recesses
between each arm. The inscription reads: Ihs(u)
sp(i)s(ti)/branhui/huc aqua/diriuauit, meaning (In the name of) Jesus Christ,
Branhui led off water to this place. The other side of the slab
has a simple cross within a double circle. There is some later Viking
graffiti forming an inscription and knot.
Branhui is a Welsh name and this Monk provided his Celtic monastery with
Water. (The original stone was found in 1948 and is located in the Manx
Museum.)
