What is recorded here

Cross-inscribed stone in Toureen is a cross-inscribed stone in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2001 account recorded the small slab incorporated into the interior east wall of a church, showing a central equal-armed linear cross with expanded terminals and a smaller cross in the bottom left corner. Comparison with similar five-cross slabs suggested that it may have formed part of an altar slab.

This stone is currently incorporated into the interior E wall of a church (TS075-023001-). It is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 271-2) as a small slab (H c. 0.14m; Wth c. 0.13m; T c. 0.08m visible) and is 'part of a slab of unknown form. Incised in the middle of its visible face is a small equal-armed linear cross with expanded terminals. A similar, slightly smaller cross is incised in the bottom left-corner….Comparison with other slabs incised with five crosses (a central cross and a cross in each of the four corners) suggests …this as part of an altar slab'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 29 (ibid.). The stone was uncovered during the 1944 excavation (Duignan 1944, 227). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), the cross inscription suggests a religious or commemorative function, possibly marking a Christian burial or as part of a small chapel or holy site. Such stones are often associated with early monastic or ecclesiastical activity in the region.

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