What is recorded here

Cross-inscribed pillar in Inishmurray is a cross-inscribed pillar in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands inside the ecclesiastical enclosure, 2 metres north of the passage to Templenatinny church. The stone slab is under 0.988 metres tall, 0.584 metres wide and 0.104 metres thick. Its incised cross measures 0.312 metres by 0.244 metres, with a shorter lower arm and slightly crooked horizontal lines.

Located in the ecclesiastical enclosure/cashel (SL001-001001-), 2 m north of the passage to Templenatinny church (SL001-001011-) Slab (H: <0.988 m, W: 0.584 m, Th: 0.104 m) with simple incised cross (0.312 m by 0.244 m). The lower arm is shorter than the other three, and the horizontals are not completely straight. 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

Probably dating to the early medieval period (5th–10th century), the cross-inscribed pillar is likely associated with Christian monastic activity on Inishmurray. Such stones often served as markers, memorials, or teaching aids within ecclesiastical enclosures.

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