Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab (present location)
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43252, -8.64821
- SMR number
- SL001-001069-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Brought to the Schoolhouse/OPW conservation store from Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-) in the Cashel (SL001-001001-) in 1989.
Irregular pentagonal slab (H: 0.49 m, W: 0.44 m, Th: 0.05 m) with cross (0.26 m by 0.33 m) in its upper two thirds. The shaft and upper arm is formed from a single trapezoid that tapers slightly towards the top, formed from a continuous false relief strand. The horizontal arms, which unusually are slightly longer than the others and expand slightly towards the terminals, are formed from similar trapezoids that fuse with the vertical element. Each quadrant contains a boss in false relief that is irregularly positioned and shaped.
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
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.