Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91550, -8.44796
- SMR number
- CL029-009082-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the E half of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (12.6m from the N wall and 4.06m from the E wall). A cross-slab noted by Macalister (1916-17, 156, no. 46) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ and described as a slab, 4ft 1in (1.24m) by 1ft 4 1/4in (0.41m), with three small crosses in a row at the upper end. In the middle is a Greek cross in relief. To the left is a Latin cross with a cross-shaped groove running over its surface and to the right is a Latin cross pattée, both in false relief.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 October 2015
References
Macalister, R.A.S 1916-17 The history and antiquities of Inis Cealtra. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 33C, 93-174.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.