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Cross-slab in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Cross-slab
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A recumbent cross-slab situated within the ‘Saint’s graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (18.4m from the S wall and 7.6m from the W wall). Noted by Macalister (1916-17, 160, no. 74) as of ‘twelfth-century type’. Described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 91-3) as a large cross-slab (H 1.76m; Wth 0.45m) tapering towards the base with an incised double-lined Latin cross with hollowed angles and a chequered pattern in the upper quadrants. An incomplete inscription in one vertical line down the shaft of the cross reads ‘OR_’. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2015

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