What is recorded here
In the crowded Saint’s graveyard on Inis Cealtra, one forgotten slab lies flat in the northeast corner. It is short, narrow, and marked only by a single oval quartz inclusion near its base. That small bright shape may have guided a mourner’s eye or simply appeared when the stone was cut. The dead person remains unknown, but the marble still holds the shape of the body that rested beneath it.
Situated in the NE corner of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra, 7.25m from the N wall and 2.2m from the E wall. An recumbent graveslab (L1.34m; Wth 0.5m) drawn but not numbered on Macalister’s plan of the graveyard (1916-17, pl. XV). There is an oval quartz inclusion towards the bottom of the slab but it is otherwise undecorated.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 16 November 2015
A recumbent graveslab, likely medieval in date, associated with a saint’s graveyard on Inis Cealtra; reflects early Christian burial practices in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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