What is recorded here
Inscribed slab in Inishmurray is an inscribed slab in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. The rectangular slab stands adjacent to St. Molaise's Chapel and carries the request to pray for Conmursce. A small equal-armed cross with serifed terminals heads the writing, marking the stone as a durable memorial beside the chapel.
Located adjacent to St. Molaise’s Chapel (SL001-001005-).
Rectangular slab (H: 1.29 m, W: 0.725 m, Th: 0.10 m) with an axially placed miniscule inscription (1.21 m long), running from W to east. It is headed by a short horizontal bar and an equal-armed cross (0.115 m by 0.10 m, cuts 0.015<0.02 m wide, 0.003 m deep) with modest, serifed terminals. The inscription is transcribed: + OR DO CONMURSCE. Translation: ‘Pray for Conmursce’.
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: 16 January 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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