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Cross-slab in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Cross-slab
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Mounted against the N wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) on Inis Cealtra and 0.9m from the W gable. A cross-slab (L 1.49m; Wth 0.59m; T 0.07m) noted by Macalister (1916-17, 158, no. 62) as of ‘twelfth-century type’ with a Latin cross with hollowed angles and an expanding base. The outline of the cross is formed by a broad flat band and there is a pellet in each of the four hollows (Okasha and Forsyth, 2001 82). An inscription in two horizontal lines above the top of the cross and upside down with respect to it reads ‘ORDODIARMAIT MACCDELBAID’. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 81-3) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 October 2015

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