What is recorded here

Cross-slab (present location) in Inishmurray is a cross-slab (present location) in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. It measures 0.665 m in height, 0.465 m in width and 0.06 m in thickness. A false relief ringed cross fills its upper two thirds. The ring breaks at its base into two parallel bands 0.02 m wide that rise to form the vertical members of the cross.

Brought to the Schoolhouse/OPW conservation store from Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-) in the Cashel (SL001-001001-) in 1989. Slab (H: 0.665 m, W: 0.465 m, Th: 0.06 m) with false relief ringed cross filling its upper two thirds. It comprises two main elements: (a) a ring that breaks at its base into two parallel bands (W: 0.02m) which rise to bisect it, and form the vertical members of the cross and (b) twin horizontal strands which interweave with both the ring and the vertical strands thereby completing the cross. The vertical strands coalesce before reaching the apex of the ring, only to immediately divide again into large mirrored curls, one over and one under the ring, which constitute the upper terminal of the cross. An incised shafted cross with slightly expanded terminals develops from the inner delimiting incision of the ring in each of its lower quadrants. 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

Date likely to the early Christian period (6th–10th centuries AD). The ringed cross may have had a liturgical or commemorative function, reflecting Christian symbolism associated with early monastic or ecclesiastical sites in the region.

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