Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Inishkeen Island, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishkeen Island
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43885, -8.16044
- SMR number
- LE002-023002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A cross-slab from the Friars Garden (LE002-023003-) is now in the National Museum of Ireland (Lucas 1972, 197). It is described (Herity et al. 1997, 105) as a ‘trapezoidal sandstone slab (dims 0.8m x 0.6m; T 0.08m) with two nested roughly equal-armed crosses with forked and T-bar terminals and two concentric circles around the crossing.’
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
References
Herity, M., Kelly, D. and Mattenberger, U. 1997 List of Early Christian cross-slabs in seven north-western counties. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 127, 89-124.
Lucas, A.T. 1972 National Museum of Ireland: archaeological acquisitions in the year 1969. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 102, 181-223.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.