What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Inishmurray is a cross-slab in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. It lies 3 m north of the west gable of Templemolaise church inside the men's cemetery and ecclesiastical enclosure. The slab measures 1.46 m long and 0.63 m wide, carrying a false relief ringed cross 0.998 m by 0.495 m with arms and shaft averaging 0.1 m wide.

Located in the ecclesiastical enclosure/cashel (SL001-001001-), lying within the men's cemetery (SL001-001029-) 3 m north of the W gable of Templemolaise church (SL001-001009-) Slab (L: 1.46 m, W: 0.63 m, Th: 0.12) with false relief ringed cross (0.998 m by 0.495 m). The false relief arms and shaft average 0.1 m wide and the latter terminates in a single axial cut at the base representing a skeuomorphic spike. The slightly irregular ring is formed from handle-shaped areas of false relief between each of the arms. The arms and shaft narrow within the ring to form pronounced arm-pits. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 12 March 2018

Cross-slab in Inishmurray likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian monastic activity on the island. The slab may have served as a funerary or commemorative monument, reflecting the spiritual and ceremonial use of the surrounding ecclesiastical site.

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