What is recorded here

Cross-slab (present location) in Inishmurray is a cross-slab (present location) in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. The slab stands 0.45 metres tall, 0.385 metres wide and 0.067 metres thick, bearing an incised hammerhead cross 0.305 metres high whose transom and arm terminals measure 0.07 metres across. A small shallow pit marks the crossing, while the slab itself moved from a leacht beside a hermitage to the Schoolhouse conservation storehouse in 1989.

Originally on a leacht (SL001-007002-), adjacent to a hermitage (SL001-007001-), but removed to the Schoolhouse/OPW conservation storehouse in 1989. Slab (H: 0.45 m, W: 0.385 m, Th: 0.067 m) with incised hammerhead cross, 0.305m high with transom and terminals of vertical arms all 0.07 m across. The crossing is decorated with a small shallow pit. 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: 23 January 2018

Probably dating to the early medieval period (7th–10th century), the hammerhead cross suggests a Christian context, possibly associated with the hermitage. Such crosses were often used as markers for religious sites or graves.

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