What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small Clare island where St. Mary’s church still stands beside the sea. A tall cross-slab is mounted inside the nave, its angles hollowed and its lower panel filled with diagonal lines. The island has been called holy for a long time, and the slab remains as a quiet mark of that older faith.

Mounted against the S wall of the nave of St. Mary’s church (CL029-009008-) on Inis Cealtra and 4.26m from the E gable. Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 160, no. 73) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ and described as a slab measuring 5ft 9.5in (1.76m) by 1ft 7in (0.48m) by 3in (0.07m) bearing a cross with hollowed angles. The cross head is in false relief as a square panel is hollowed out around the cross head. Below is a rectangular panel with interlacing double-lined diagonals. (de Paor drawing, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2015

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