What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Coollemoneen is a cross-slab in Coollemoneen, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands at the north edge of a penitential cairn as a loose narrow upright slab, 0.94 metres high and 0.27 metre wide. A faint cross, 0.34 metres on its shaft and 0.24 metres across its arms, sits inside a 0.24 metre circle, with the shaft extending below it and two small crosses marking the upper quarters.

At the N edge of a penitential cairn (SL034-070002-). A loose narrow upright slab (H 0.94m; Wth 0.27m) is faintly incised with a simple cross (shaft 0.34m; arms 0.24m) enclosed within a circle (diam. 0.24m). The shaft of the cross extends below the circle. There is a small simple incised cross (0.09m x 0.07m) in each of the two upper quarters of the circle. (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Probably dates to the early Christian period (5th–9th century). The cross within a circle may reflect a transition from pagan to Christian symbolism, or have ritual significance associated with the nearby penitential cairn.

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