What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small island off Clare where a worn cross-slab still leans against the nave wall of St. Caimin’s church. Its faint lines, no broader than pencil marks, suggest a small sacred workshop or a community marking faith on modest stone. The island’s name, meaning holy or sacred, fits that quiet act of making the ordinary world visible as a place set apart.

Located on the ground (loose) against the N wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) and 4.27m from the W gable. An irregularly shaped slab (L 0.53m; max. Wth 0.44m; T 0.09m) with a much worn elaborate cross framed by two lightly incised circles. Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 152, no. 25) as of 'eighth-century type' and described as having a concave surface with a cross similar to several others (CL029-009060-, CL029-009061- and CL029-009062-) but with trefoils on both arms and cantons. He noted that the design was very faint and worn with the lines being no broader than pencil scribings. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 October 2015

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