What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small island off Clare where a recumbent cross-slab still lies in the western half of the saint’s graveyard. The flat stone carries a hollowed Latin cross with an open base, the kind Macalister called twelfth-century. It is not a tall monument or a showpiece; it is a grave marker left where burial, prayer and memory belonged.

A recumbent cross-slab situated in the W half of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (13.5m from the S wall and 6m from the W wall). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 158, no. 61) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ and described as a slab measuring 4ft 11in (1.49m) by 1ft 4in (0.4m), with an outline Latin cross with hollowed angles and a square base, open at the bottom. (de Paor drawing, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 October 2015

A recumbent cross-slab dating likely to the 12th century, associated with a Christian burial or memorial site on a historically significant island. The cross may reflect early medieval Christian symbolism linked to a saint or local religious tradition.

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