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Cross-slab in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Cross-slab

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Inishcaltra Holy Island: A recumbent cross-slab lies in the eastern half of the Saint’s graveyard, its double-lined Latin cross and off-centre triangle still visible after centuries. The chamber is small, the stone shallow, and the pattern seems to lean rather than balance. Perhaps a craftsman worked quickly for a person who mattered more than perfection.
A recumbent cross-slab situated in the E half of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (11.65m from the N wall and 2m from the E wall). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 158, no. 64) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ and described as a slab measuring 4ft 2in (1.27m) by 1ft 6in (0.45m), with a Latin cross in double lines with hollowed angles and a rectangular base. Under the base is a pattern comprising an inverted triangle flanked with series of oblique lines. The pattern is not centred to the cross. (de Paor drawing, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 October 2015
A 12th-century cross-slab located in a saint's graveyard on Inishcaltra (Holy Island), likely associated with early Christian worship or a monastic site; such stones often commemorate religious figures or serve as markers for sacred burials.

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