Cross-slab in Toureen

Formerly situated at Toureen Peacaun monastery (TS075-023----) and currently unlocated. The cross-slab is listed in Waddell and Holland's (1990, 171, 175, fig. 6.38) catalogue where it is described as being in the National Museum. However, according to Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 299) there is no record of it in the National Museum. The description is based on its depiction in the Waddell and Holland article. A small slab (H c. 0.24m; Wth c. 0.22m) which was 'a fragment of a slab of unknown form. Incised…are the remains of a linear Latin cross' (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 299). It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 42 (ibid.). The stone was uncovered during the 1944 excavation (Duignan 1944, 227). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 March 2014

Dated to the early medieval period, likely 8th to 10th century, the cross-slab may have served a Christian liturgical or commemorative function, associated with the nearby monastery. Its current unlocated status makes detailed analysis or folklore attribution difficult.