What is recorded here

Inishcaltra is a small Clare island where a recumbent cross-slab still lies inside the Saint’s graveyard, not far from the south and west walls. The tall stone carries a double-lined Latin cross, hollowed angles and a chequered pattern, with only OR_ left visible in its broken inscription. Whatever name or prayer once ran down that shaft has been lost, but the cut lines still mark the island as a place where people buried their dead and left stone behind for others to read.

A recumbent cross-slab situated within the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (18.4m from the S wall and 7.6m from the W wall). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 160, no. 74) as of ‘twelfth-century type’. Described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 91-3) as a large cross-slab (H 1.76m; Wth 0.45m) tapering towards the base with an incised double-lined Latin cross with hollowed angles and a chequered pattern in the upper quadrants. An incomplete inscription in one vertical line down the shaft of the cross reads ‘OR_’. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2015

A 12th-century cross-slab located in a medieval saint's graveyard, likely associated with early Christian worship or burial practices; its carved cross may reflect the influence of monastic traditions on the holy island.

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