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Cross-inscribed stone in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Cross-inscribed stone

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Situated in the OPW chalet on Inis Cealtra. A rough sandstone block (H 0.24m; Wth 0.21m; T 0.06m) with a single-lined incised Latin cross with very slightly expanded terminals placed centrally. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 November 2015
A 6th- to 10th-century Christian cross-inscribed stone, likely used as a memorial or devotional object; Inishcaltra (Holy Island) was an important early monastic site associated with St. Gobnait.

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