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
- SL001-001082-
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The National Monuments Service's description
This cross-slab was recorded by Wakeman (1893, 101, fig. 48) in the Men’s Cemetery (SL001-001029-) within the ecclesiastical enclosure/cashel (SL001-001001-), but its whereabouts are now unknown.
Cross slab fragment (0.25 m by 0.38 m). The central cross on this oblong slab is represented by Wakeman with expanded terminals to the arms and feet, with divergent spirals or at least hooks developed from the foot, and a spear-shaped or diamond-shaped expansion of the head, containing a small circle. Set about this main cross, in the quadrants, are four simple crosslets with expanded terminals.
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.