What is recorded here

Inis Cealtra, County Clare: St. Caimin’s church still stands on the island, and a plain tomb slab is mounted on the south wall of the nave. The slab is about 1.29m wide, 0.78m high and 0.1m thick, set 4.55m from the east end. It may date from between 1680 and 1750. A cross rises above the letters IHS inside a rectangular panel whose upper corners are cut at an angle. The line of the cuts and the small distance from the church end give the tomb a sharp, deliberate shape. It may belong with a higher wall monument, though that remains uncertain.

Mounted against the S wall of the nave of St. Caimin’s church (CL029-009011-) on Inis Cealtra and 4.55m from the E end. A possible chest-tomb slab (Wth 1.29m; H 0.78m; T 0.1m) dated by Macalister (1916-17, 167, no. 90) to between 1680 and 1750. It bears the letters 'IHS' surmounted by a cross within a rectangular panel with the two upper corners cut off obliquely. This slab may have been associated with the wall monument (CL029-009124-) higher up on the S wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 3 November 2015

Chest tomb, likely medieval in date. Its placement within the church suggests a possible ecclesiastical or elite burial context, though specific significance remains unclear.

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