What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Toureen is a cross-slab in Toureen, County Tipperary, Ireland. The small rectangular slab measured about 0.325 metres high and 0.185 metres wide, carrying an encircled cross of arcs above a blank area. It was formerly situated at Toureen Peacaun monastery, but it has been unlocated since du Noyer drew it around 1860.

Formerly situated at Toureen Peacaun monastery (TS075-023----) and currently unlocated. Drawn by du Noyer (unpublished, c. 1860) this slab could not be located since. Based on du Noyer’s drawing, it is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 320-21) as a small slab (H c. 0.325m; Wth c. 0.185m) which was 'a rectangular slab…[with] an encircled cross-of-arcs with a blank area below'. Okasha and Forsyth suggest that the cross-slab fragment (TS075-023037----) may be part of this slab or may be a slab with a similar design (ibid.). It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 61 (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 March 2014

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the cross-slab may have been associated with the monastery's religious or commemorative practices. Its unlocated status makes its specific meaning or use uncertain, though it may have served as a grave marker or devotional object.

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