Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL001-001047-
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The National Monuments Service's description
This cross-slab was recorded by Wakeman (1893, 91) as lying on the ‘Saint’s Bed’ (SL001-001006-) within Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-). The current whereabouts of the stone are unknown.
Thin slab (H: 0.43 m, W: 0.28 m [after Wakeman]) with inscription. Wakeman says that the inscription was ‘in the Irish character’ and that the letters were ‘extremely small and closely packed, and slanting in a running-hand style.’ He was only able to decipher a few of the letters, ones which he thought ‘were probably capitals.’ His attempts at deciphering by rubbing failed and he did not illustrate the slab.
The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in:
Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.
Date of upload: 20 February 2018
References
Wakeman, W.F. 1893 Survey of the Antiquarian Remains on the Island of Inishmurray. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (special volume 1893. London.