Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed stone
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL001-001049-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Recorded by Wakeman (1893, 80) ‘in a modern recess in the Cashel wall [SL001-001001-].’ The current whereabouts of the stone are unknown.
Slab (220 by 160 mm) with upper left hand corner and base broken off. The surface was filled with most of the upper and left arms, a complete right arm and short section of the shaft of an incised cross with triangular terminals. There was a circular expansion at the crossing decorated with a false relief boss. Parts of a horizontal inscription remain in two lines positioned above and below the horizontal cross members.
CRUX
RETE
Translation: ‘Cross of Rete’
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: 12 March 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.