What is recorded here

Cross-inscribed pillar in Toureen is a cross-inscribed pillar in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is built into the external face of the east gable of the Toureen Peacaun monastery church, 2.76 metres from the northeast angle. The small pillar stands 0.69 metres high, is 0.23 metres wide and 0.025 metres thick, and carries a 0.46-metre-high wheeled cross in relief on one face.

This pillar has been built into the external face of the E gable of the church (TS075-023001-), 2.76m from the NE angle, at Toureen Peacaun monastery. A small cross-pillar (H 0.69m; Wth 0.23m; T 0.025m) with a wheeled cross (H 0.46m) in relief on one face (Waddell and Holland 1990, 179; Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 288-9). Okasha and Forsyth suggest it may be a companion pillar with TS075-023074- and that both may have formed part of a shrine (TS075-023072-) (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 March 2014

This cross-inscribed pillar likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with the monastic settlement at Toureen Peacaun. The wheeled cross suggests a Christian symbol, possibly used for devotional or commemorative purposes.

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