What is recorded here

Inishshark is a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Cross-slab in Inishshark stands out because it preserves a visible marker from before modern memory. The distinction is that it is not a vague claim but a named place whose identity can be examined directly. That is why it belongs in the list: it gives the region one of its unusual anchors instead of passing it over.

Crawford (1913, 151) recorded a 'broken slab with a cross incised on it' in St. Leo's Chapel (GA009D002----). It was not located during a site visit in August 1984. (Higgins 1987, vol. 1, 317) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 February 2023 Crawford, H.S. 1913 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. (cont.) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 43, 151-69, 261-5, 326-34. Higgins, J.G. 1987 The Early Christian cross slabs, pillar stones and related monuments of County Galway, Ireland, 2 vols. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 375. Oxford.

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