What is recorded here

Cross-slab (present location) in Cloonagh (corran By.) is a cross-slab (present location) in Cloonagh (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It is a subrectangular sandstone slab, 0.78 metres high, 0.3 to 0.33 metres wide and 0.035 to 0.09 metres thick, with curving sides and an inscised Greek cross 0.205 metres high and 0.165 metres wide with expanded terminals. One of four cross-slabs found in Knockmore graveyard in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it disappeared in 1984, reappeared in 2004 and is now in private possession.

This is the present location of one (SL044-003006-) of four cross-slabs found in Knockmore graveyard (SL044-003003-) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A subrectangular sandstone slab (H 0.78m; Wth 0.3-0.33m; T 0.035-0.09m), with curving sides, inscised with a single Greek cross (H 0.205m; Wth 0.165m) with expanded terminals (M. A. Timoney 1997, 3-4, fig. 1). This cross-slab, which had been missing since 1984, was found in 2004 and is now in private possession. M.A. Timoney, 'A rediscovered slab from Knockmore, Co. Sligo.' Corran Herald 37(2004-5), 41-2. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 9 June 2009

This cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian burial practices. It may have originally marked a grave or served a liturgical function within the Knockmore graveyard.

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