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Cross-slab in Gallen

Cross-slab
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Portion of a slab (dims. 0.43m x 0.36m; T 0.09m) displaying one quadrant of the orignal design which comprised a rectangular panel defined by a fret pattern divided into four panels by a hollow-armed cross with a small wheel. The surviving cross member has a fret pattern infill. Each panel was further enhanced with a circular device containing ornament; only one of these and the edge of a second survives. The surviving example is very weathered but appears to contain fret or swastika-like motif. The slab was recovered from the graveyard of Gallen Priory, Co. Offaly during the 1980s and is now located in the NMI Collections Resource Centre in Swords, Co. Dublin (DU018-309----/DU011-158----). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 14 August 2012

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