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Graveslab in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Graveslab

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Inishcaltra: One of four small undecorated graveslabs inside the W wall of the Saint’s graveyard, 8.8m from the S wall. The others are recorded at CL029-009144-, CL029-009190- and CL029-009191-. Macalister’s 1916-17 plan illustrated only CL029-009144-. A person may have stood beside this narrow stone, listening to the sea and remembering the dead.
Situated inside the W wall of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra to the S of the entrance. One of four small undecorated graveslabs in a row (see CL029-009144-, CL029-009190- and CL029-009191-). Only CL029-009144- is illustrated on Macalister’s plan of the graveyard (1916-17, pl. XV). This slab (L 0.83m E-W; Wth 0.46m) is 8.8m from the S wall and 0.9m from the W wall of the graveyard. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 November 2015

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