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Cross in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

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Inishcaltra OR Holy Island holds a long, low socketed stone beside a cross-slab in the Saint’s graveyard. The empty socket still points north-south, waiting for the wooden cross that time took back.
Situated in the NE quadrant of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra at the head of a cross-slab (CL029-009070-). A long, low, socketed stone (L 1.01m; average Wth 0.14m; H 0.18m) oriented N-S. The socket (int. L 0.19m; Wth 0.09m; D 0.06-0.07m) is 0.18m from the S end of the stone and 0.56m from the N end. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 June 2016
A high cross on Inishcaltra (Inis Cealtra), likely built in the early medieval period, associated with a saint's graveyard and cross-slab; its socketed stone and orientation suggest ecclesiastical significance, though specific builder or dedication remains unidentified.

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