Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
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
- 52.91549, -8.44835
- SMR number
- CL029-009125-
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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
Mounted against the S wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) on Inis Cealtra and 4.55m from the E end. A possible chest-tomb slab (Wth 1.29m; H 0.78m; T 0.1m) dated by Macalister (1916-17, 167, no. 90) to between 1680 and 1750. It bears the letters 'IHS' surmounted by a cross within a rectangular panel with the two upper corners cut off obliquely. This slab may have been associated with the wall monument (CL029-009124-) higher up on the S wall.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Sundialunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.