Cross-slab (present location) in Unknown Townland

This is the present location for TS075-023045-. Formerly situated at Toureen Peacaun monastery (TS075-023----) and currently located in National Monuments storage, Dublin. It is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 282-3) as a small slab (H c.0.27m; Wth c.0.23m; T c.0.04m) and is 'a complete, rectangular slab. The back of the slab is plain. Incised on the face is an outline Latin cross with a single, horizontal line of text below'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 36 (ibid.). It was uncovered during the 1987 excavation (Manning 1991, 211-2). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 February 2023

Dated to the early medieval period, likely 7th to 9th century AD, the cross-slab was originally associated with a monastic site and would have had a Christian liturgical or commemorative function. Its relocation to National Monuments storage reflects efforts to preserve and document Ireland’s early Christian heritage.