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
- SL001-002006-
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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
This cross-slab was first recorded in the 1880's in the graveyard (SL001-002007-) associated with Templemaman church (SL001-002001-); it is currently in the Schoolhouse /OPW conservation store.
Slab fragment (H: 0.7 m, W: 0.16 m, Th: 0.05 m) with lower portion of broad shaft in false relief (0.25 m by 0.065 m). The shaft bifurcates near the base and the two strands curl outwards and upwards before terminating in small inward-facing lobes. A sub-triangular false relief feature with hollow base occupies the area where these strands separate.
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
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
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- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.