What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Toureen is a cross-slab in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. Okasha and Forsyth (2001) recorded it as a small fragment of unknown form, about 0.13 metres high and 0.135 metres wide, with two limbs of an outline cross incised on its visible face. That account also recorded the stone incorporated into the interior east wall of a church. It emerged during the 1944 excavation.

This stone is currently incorporated into the interior E wall of a church (TS075-023001-). It is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 263-4) as a small slab (H c. 0.13m; Wth c. 0.135m; T c. 0.01m visible) and is 'a fragment of a slab of unknown form. Incised on its visible face is a small portion of two limbs of an outline cross'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 23 (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 Christian period (5th–9th centuries AD) and may have originally served as a funerary or commemorative monument. Its incorporation into a church wall suggests later reuse in a religious context, though its original meaning or folklore remains unclear.

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