What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Toureen is a cross-slab in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2001 account places the complete rectangular slab in National Monuments storage, Dublin, after it left Toureen Peacaun. Its face carries an outline Latin cross above a single horizontal line of text, while the back remains plain. The 1987 excavation uncovered the small slab, measuring about 0.27 metres high and 0.23 metres wide.

Formerly situated at Toureen Peacaun monastery (TS075-023----) and currently located in National Monuments storage, Dublin. It is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 282-3) as a small slab (H c. 0.27m; Wth c. 0.23m; T c. 0.04m) and is 'a complete, rectangular slab. The back of the slab is plain. Incised on the face is an outline Latin cross with a single, horizontal line of text below'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 36 (ibid.). It was uncovered during the 1987 excavation (Manning 1991, 211-2). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Likely dating to the early medieval period, this cross-slab may have been associated with the monastic site of Toureen Peacaun, suggesting a Christian liturgical or commemorative function. Its current fragmented description limits detailed interpretation of its iconography or specific dedications.

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