What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Toureen is a cross-slab in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. The small fragment, about 0.18 metres high and 0.16 metres wide, is built upside down into the interior north wall of Toureen Peakaun church, 4.45 metres from the east gable. Its visible face carries part of an outline cross, including the right cross-arm, with part of one letter and a horizontal line above it below the cross. The stone was uncovered during the 1944 excavation.

This stone is currently incorporated into the interior N wall of Toureen Peakaun church (TS075-023001-), 4.45m from the E gable. It is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 276-7) as a small slab (H c. 0.18m; Wth c. 0.16m) and is 'a fragment of a slab of unknown form built upside down into the wall. Part of an outline cross, including the right cross-arm, is incised on its visible face. There is part of one letter below, with a horizontal line above it'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 32 (ibid.). The stone was uncovered during the 1944 excavation (Duignan 1944, 227). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian worship or burial practices. Its incorporation into a church wall suggests it may have originally served as a grave marker or commemorative monument.

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