What is recorded here

Inishcaltra, County Clare: a recumbent cross-slab lies in the western half of the Saint’s graveyard, close to the west wall of Teampal na bhfear ngonta. The flat stone measures about 1.27m by 0.45m and bears a Latin cross with hollowed angles in slight relief, its base line rising to form a panel around the whole design. Macalister called it twelfth-century type, and it still rests where burial, prayer and memory were kept together on the holy island.

A recumbent cross-slab situated in the W half of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (21.5m from the S wall and 3.9m from the W wall) and close to the W wall of Teampal na bhfear ngonta (CL029-009015-). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 157, no. 57) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ and described as a slab measuring 4ft 2in (1.27m) by 1ft 6in (0.45m), with a Latin cross with hollowed angles in ‘slight relief’ with the base line carried up to make a frame or panel enclosing the whole design. (de Paor drawing, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 October 2015

Date likely to the early medieval period (7th–10th century), associated with Christian monastic activity on the island. The cross-slab may mark a burial or serve as a memorial, reflecting the spiritual significance of the site linked to early Irish saints and pilgrimage traditions.

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