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Inscribed slab in Inishmurray

Inscribed slab
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Located adjacent to St. Molaise’s Chapel (SL001-001005-). Rectangular slab (H: 1.29 m, W: 0.725 m, Th: 0.10 m) with an axially placed miniscule inscription (1.21 m long), running from W to east. It is headed by a short horizontal bar and an equal-armed cross (0.115 m by 0.10 m, cuts 0.015<0.02 m wide, 0.003 m deep) with modest, serifed terminals. The inscription is transcribed: + OR DO CONMURSCE. Translation: ‘Pray for Conmursce’. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 16 January 2018

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