What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Toureen is a cross-slab in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. Okasha and Forsyth (2001) recorded it incorporated into the interior east wall of St Peakaun's church as an apparently complete rectangular slab, about 0.2 metres high and 0.41 metres wide, with an outline equal-armed cross and a single horizontal line of text incised on its visible face. They listed it as Toureen Peacaun 2.

This stone is currently incorporated into the interior E wall of St Peakaun's church (TS075-023001-). It is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 231-2) as a small slab (H c. 0.2m; Wth c. 0.41m; T c. 0.02m visible) and is 'an apparently complete rectangular slab. Incised on the visible face of the stone are an outline equal-armed cross and a text in one horizontal line'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 2 (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian worship or commemoration. Its incorporation into a church wall suggests it may have originally served as a grave marker or liturgical monument.

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