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
- SMR number
- CL029-009119-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Macalister (1916, 162, no. 84 and Plate XXIV) describes a slab (L 3ft 9in (1.1m); Wth 1ft 9in (0.53m) tapering to 1ft 4in (0.4m)) pictured in a Board of Works report (1879-80) near St. Mary’s church (CL029-009008-). The trapezoidal slab bore an elaborate wheeled cross (three-lined in outline) with a pattern of squares and triangles at the centre and slightly expanded terminals, all contained within a single-line frame. The slab was missing in 1916 and its precise current location is unknown.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 3 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.