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
- 52.91564, -8.44814
- SMR number
- CL029-009113-
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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
A fragment of a cross-slab (Wth 0.49m; H 0.47m), one of two fragments mounted on the outer face of the W wall of the Saint’s Graveyard (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra, 13.6m from the N end (see CL019-009121-). Macalister (1916-17, 161, no. 78) described part of the stem of a three-line cross in a rectangular single-line frame with simple corner pieces, one of which remained. He also noted that the lines of the carving were clogged with cement.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 2 November 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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.