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A recumbent cross-slab, part of a composite grave situated in the E half of the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (this slab is 3.75m from the N wall and 3.3m from the E wall of Teampul na bhfear ngonta (CL029-009015-). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 156, no. 59) as of ‘twelfth-century type’. Described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 76-8) as a large cross-slab (H 1.39m; Wth 0.56m; T 0.9m), with a substantial piece broken off at the top right corner and a small piece broken off the bottom left corner. The face is dressed and incised with an outline Latin cross with hollowed angles and a square base, closed at the bottom. An incomplete inscription in one horizontal line above the top of the cross reads ‘ORDOMAE…’.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 27 October 2015
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