What is recorded here

Graveslab in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island is a composite grave of recumbent slabs framed by kerb stones in the eastern half of the Saint’s Graveyard on Inis Cealtra. It lies 3.3m from the eastern wall of Teampul na bhfear ngonta, with at least five slabs originally contributing to its shape. Two surviving slabs are cross-slabs and two bear inscriptions, while a thin protruding slab hints that the eastern kerb once continued unbroken. The arrangement suggests a deliberate boundary around death, not a random pile of stone.

Situated in the E half of the ‘Saint’s Graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra and 3.3m from the E wall of Teampul na bhfear ngonta (CL029-009015-). A composite grave of recumbent slabs separated and framed by a series of kerb-like slabs, two at the top, five along the base and one at north. A continuity of the eastern kerb is suggested by the presence of a single thin slab protruding above ground level. There were originally at least five slabs. Two of the remaining slabs are cross-slabs (CL029-009095- and CL029-009094-) and two have inscriptions (CL029-009068- and CL029-009173-). A mortise-like depression on the S face of the most northerly kerbstone may have functioned as a slot into which the adjoining eastern kerbstone fitted at this corner. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 64; Tunney and Manning 2015, 42-3) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 November 2015

A Christian early medieval gravestone, likely 7th to 10th century, associated with a monastic or ecclesiastical site; significant as part of the sacred landscape of Inis Cealtra, an important pilgrimage site in the early Irish church.

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