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This graveslab lies immediately S of a composite grave in the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra, 5.5m from the N wall of the graveyard and 3.3m from the E wall of Teampul na bhFear nGonta (CL029-009015-). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 155, no. 45) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ the slab (L 1.55m; Wth 0.5m; T 0.08m) has a Latin cross in relief on a trapezoidal base with concave sides. At the E end of the slab, above the cross and of a piece with it, is a panel which extends the full width of the slab. This panel contains two lines of text in Irish, upside down in relation to the cross. The top right corner is now broken off and the start of the text is missing. It was complete, although still difficult to decipher, in 1916 when in read: ‘OR DO CATHGAL’. The slab is exceptional in having the head of its cross (and the text) at the E end. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 67-9)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 October 2015
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