What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Toureen is a cross-slab in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. Okasha and Forsyth recorded it as a small slab, about 0.21 metres high and 0.21 metres wide, broken on all four sides and bearing an incised outline equal-armed cross with expanded terminals. They also recorded that it was incorporated into the interior east wall of St Peakaun's church. The stone was uncovered during the 1944 excavation.

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, 242-3) as a small slab (H c. 0.21m; Wth c. 0.21m) and is 'a part of a slab of unknown form, broken on all four sides. On its visible face there is incised an outline equal-armed cross with expanded terminals'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 9 (ibid.). The stone was uncovered during the 1944 excavation (Duignan 1944, 227). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period and may have originally served as a Christian memorial or waymark. Its incorporation into church fabric suggests later reuse within a religious context.

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