What is recorded here

Cross-slab (present location) in Inishmurray is a cross-slab (present location) in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. Brought to the Schoolhouse/OPW conservation store from Teach Molaise in the Cashel in 1989, its lower two thirds carry an incised shafted cross 0.195 by 0.092 m with modest straight butted serifs. The horizontal arms sit high on the shaft, leaving room for a damaged two-line inscription in the lower quadrants reading [B] [?T] [N] [?U].

Brought to the Schoolhouse/OPW conservation store from Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-) in the Cashel (SL001-001001-) in 1989. Lower two thirds of the slab is decorated with an incised shafted cross (0.195 by 0.092 m) with modest straight butted serifs. The horizontal arms are set high on the shaft in order to allow for the following, now damaged, inscription, on two lines, in the lower quadrants: [B] [?T] [N] [?U] 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

Probably dating to the early medieval period (6th–11th century), the incised shafted cross suggests a Christian context, possibly associated with a monastic or ecclesiastical site. Such crosses were often used as grave markers, liturgical objects, or symbols of religious identity.

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