Cross-slab in Mountirvine

In Knockmore graveyard (SL044-003003-). One of four cross-slabs found here in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A subrectangular sandstone slab (H 1.025m; Wth 0.43-0.47m; T 0.06-0.08m) incised with a single Greek cross (H 0.175m; Wth 0.14m) with expanded terminals (M. A. Timoney 1997, 3-4; M. A. Timoney 2002a, 148, top photograph). This cross-slab has not been seen in the graveyard since 1984. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Cross-slab in Mountirrvine is likely of early medieval Christian origin, dating to between the 8th and 11th centuries. It may have marked a grave or served as a memorial, reflecting the spread of Christianity in rural Ireland during this period.