What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small Clare island where a recumbent graveslab still lies inside Teampul na bhFear nGonta, its north edge marked by rope moulding that may have come from a reused building. The chamber holds four such slabs in a Saint’s graveyard, giving the place the feel of a room where death was arranged rather than hidden. People may have brought a broken arch or wall piece into the tomb, turning architecture into a bed for the dead.

A recumbent graveslab (L 1.17m; Wth 0.28m), one of four slabs on the floor of ‘Teampul na bhFear nGonta’ (CL029-009015-) (see also CL029-009104-, CL029-009160- and CL029-009162-) in the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra. The slab is drawn but not numbered on Macalister’s plan of the graveyard (1916-17, pl. XV). This may be a reused architectural fragment as there is incised rope moulding running along the N side of the slab. A second smaller stone to the W has similar moulding but is not recorded as a graveslab by Macalister. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 11 November 2015

A recumbent graveslab, likely medieval in date, associated with a saint's graveyard; it reflects early Christian burial practices in the region.

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