What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small island in County Clare where St. Caimin’s church still stands beside the sea. Inside the nave, a twelfth-century cross-slab is mounted on the east wall before the chancel. The slab is nearly three feet tall, with a Latin cross cut through its centre and small circular hollows at the angles. Its top is broken, but the clean lines and open base suggest it was made to be seen, touched and remembered rather than hidden.

Mounted on the E wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) on the return before the entrance into the chancel. Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 156, no. 47) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ and described as a slab measuring 3ft 1in (0.93m) by 1ft 1in (0.33m) by 1 3/4in (0.04m) with a Latin cross with the angles hollowed with circular cuttings and the base open. Portion of the top of the slab is now missing. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 7 October 2015

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