What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Inishmurray is a cross-slab in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. It lies loose about 3.5 metres east of Teach Molaise within the ecclesiastical enclosure. The triangular slab measures 0.8 metres high, 0.53 metres wide and 0.1 metre thick. Its three-cross motif appears where three vertical cuts cross one horizontal cut, with small dimples marking each intersection.

Located in the ecclesiastical enclosure/cashel (SL001-001001-), lying loose about 3.5 m east of Teach Molaise (SL001-001005-). Triangular slab (H: 0.8 m, W: 0.53 m, Th: 0.1 m) with three-cross motif. A horizontal cut near the wide end, 0.045 m long by 0.02 m, is traversed by three fairly evenly spaced vertical cuts, the central one (0.29 m long) slightly longer than the flanking pair. At the three line intersections are dimples 0.02<0.025 m in diameter. This slab was probably meant to stand upright. 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

Likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), the cross-slab reflects the influence of monastic activity on Inishmurray, a historically significant religious site. The three-cross motif may symbolize the Trinity or serve as a funerary or commemorative marker.

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