What is recorded here
On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A broken slab (H 0.4m; Wth at top 0.34m; Wth at base 0.14m; T. c. 0.06m) with a simple, single-lined incised, wheeled cross. The ends of the arms extend beyond the wheel and have plain expanded terminals. Originally from Illaunmore Island in Lough Derg. See original location record (CL021A005004-).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 28 October 2014
Dated to the Early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), the cross-slab likely served a religious or commemorative function, possibly marking a burial site or place of worship. The wheeled cross design is characteristic of Insular Christian art and may reflect local Christian traditions or monastic influence in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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