What is recorded here
One of seven cross-slabs removed from Carrowntemple graveyard (SL044-056002-) into the care of Sligo County Council (Sligo museum). For description see SL044-056020-. (Wallace and Timoney 1987, slab 14)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 18 June 2009
Date likely to the early medieval period (7th–10th century AD), based on the style of the carved cross. Such cross-slabs were typically used as grave markers or memorials in Christian cemeteries, reflecting the spread of Christianity in early Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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