What is recorded here

National Monuments storage in Dublin holds a small, irregular slab from Toureen Peacaun monastery, its left edge damaged and face badly abraded. An open-bottomed Latin cross and fragments of lettering still appear on the surface, though parts have delaminated. The slab may have stood where people could read it before soil, time or removal took it from that place.

This is the present location for TS075-023047-. Formerly situated at Toureen Peacaun monastery (TS075-023----) and currently located in National Monuments storage, Dublin. It is described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 285-6) as a small slab (H c.0.21m; Wth c.0.34m; T c.0.05m) and is 'a slab of irregular rectangular shape, possibly complete, although damaged at the left edge. The back is plain. Incised on the face is an outline Latin cross, open at the bottom. Above this is a horizontal line of text with further letters below. The face is badly abraded, especially on the left side, and portions of the cross and letters have delaminated'. It is listed as Toureen Peacaun 38 (ibid.). It was uncovered during the 1987 excavation (Manning 1991, 211-12). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 February 2023

Dated to the early medieval period, likely 8th to 10th century AD, the cross-slab may have originally served a liturgical or commemorative function within the monastery. Its relocation suggests it was considered significant enough to be preserved, though specific folklore or inscribed meaning is not recorded.

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