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Graveslab in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

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Situated in the E half of the ‘Saint’s Graveyard’ (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra and 3.3m from the E wall of Teampul na bhfear ngonta (CL029-009015-). A composite grave of recumbent slabs separated and framed by a series of kerb-like slabs, two at the top, five along the base and one at north. A continuity of the eastern kerb is suggested by the presence of a single thin slab protruding above ground level. There were originally at least five slabs. Two of the remaining slabs are cross-slabs (CL029-009095- and CL029-009094-) and two have inscriptions (CL029-009068- and CL029-009173-). A mortise-like depression on the S face of the most northerly kerbstone may have functioned as a slot into which the adjoining eastern kerbstone fitted at this corner. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 64; Tunney and Manning 2015, 42-3) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 November 2015

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