What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Inishmurray is a cross-slab in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands upright 2 metres east of the inner edge of the south passage gateway in the ecclesiastical enclosure. The slab is under 0.73 metres high, 0.455 metres wide and 0.09 metre thick, with a complex shafted cross filling most of its face. The cross rises from a horizontal base 0.345 metres long decorated with short vertical terminal bars, while the shaft and arms form from three continuous parallel incised lines that terminate abruptly without elaboration at the top.

This cross-slab stands upright 2m east of the inner edge of the south passage gateway in the ecclesiastical enclosure/cashel (SL001-001001-). It was first recorded by Wakeman (1893, 113, fig. 55) 'in the men’s cemetery [SL001-001029-]'. Slab (H: <0.73 m, W: 0.455 m, Th: 0.09 m) with complex shafted cross filling most of its face. Rising from a horizontal base (0.345 m long) decorated with short vertical terminal bars, the shaft and upper arm comprises three continuous parallel incised lines that terminate abruptly without elaboration at the top of the cross. The horizontal arms are also formed from three incised lines which join the outer lines of the vertical element. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 12 March 2018

Probably dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th century AD), this cross-slab likely served a commemorative or liturgical function within the monastic site of Inishmurray. Such stones often bore Christian iconography and were associated with burial grounds or religious rituals.

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