What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small Clare island where St Caimin’s church still stands beside old stone markers. The surviving cross base is a conical sandstone block with an off-centre socket, broken at the top and now kept in the OPW chalet. It may have held a wooden cross near the church wall, standing where visitors could touch the faith of the island.

This stone was noted by Macalister (1916-17, 145, no. 6) at the S wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) on Inis Cealtra; it is now located in the OPW chalet on the island. The base of a cross comprising a conical sandstone block (H 0.34m; diam. 0.36m at base narrowing to 0.19m at the top) with a rectangular socket (0.08m x 0.05m; D 0.07m) off-centre at the top. The top of the stone is broken and so the socket is incomplete. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 September 2015

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