Cross-slab (present location)

The National Monuments Service's description

Brought to the Schoolhouse/OPW conservation store from Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-) in the Cashel (SL001-001001-) in 1989.
Slab fragment (H: 0.205 m, W: 0.195 m, Th: 0.05 m) with motif abutting the broken edge that comprises a central solid rectangle in false relief (0.065 m by 0.035 m) around which there run two false relief, and now intermittent, strands. These originally extended upwards from the surviving portion of the slab probably to form the shaft of a large cross motif. That emerging from the centre right of the broken edge runs around the rectangular one and a quarter times, while that emerging from the centre left runs along the perimeter of the whole motif before terminating at the bottom right hand corner.

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