What is recorded here

Inverted against the south wall of St. Caimin’s church on Inis Cealtra, a small cross-slab discovered during the 1970-72 excavations still bears the name FLAITH BERTACH. The stone measures only fifty-one centimetres in height, yet it carries a double-lined frame and square-expanded cross that suggests careful carving rather than hasty marking. Another slab in the same church repeats the name, hinting that Flaithe Bertach may have belonged to a family or community that marked their dead with pride. The inversion remains unexplained, but the clarity of the cutting and the repeated name resist forgetting.

Mounted in an inverted position against the S wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) on Inis Cealtra and 2.88m from the E end. A cross-slab (H 0.51m; Wth 0.33m; T 0.06m) found during excavations in 1970-72. The slab bears an outline Latin cross with square expanded terminals and a square at the centre enclosed in a double-lined frame. The text, in two lines in the upper quadrant reads ‘FLA[ITH] BERTACH’. The same name occurs on another cross-slab (CL029-009088-) in St. Caimin’s church. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 99-101) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 November 2015

A cross-slab from the early medieval period, likely 8th to 10th century, associated with the monastic site of Inishcaltra (Holy Island). It may have served a liturgical or commemorative function, reflecting Christian symbolism and the island’s historical role as a religious centre.

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