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Cross-slab in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Cross-slab
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Situated in the E half of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (8.93m from the N wall and 6.16m from the E wall). A cross-slab (L c. 1.93m; Wth 0.8m; T c. 0.07m) now in three pieces with some missing. Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 155, no. 41) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ with a Latin cross with rectangular expanding base, open at the bottom where it met the end of the slab. An incomplete inscription on the stem of the cross reading upwards reads ‘OR DO CHELLACH’. The slab was defaced previous to Macalister’s visit by being used as a table to mix mortar. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 65-7) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 7 October 2015

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