Inishmurray

Crossatemple Leacht, AKA 'Station of Mary'

This Leacht is situated at the southern end of the women's cemetery. The rectilinear cairn is quite close to the cliff-edge. Sitting on top of the leacht are some rolled stones similar to those at the Clocha Breaca Leacht, but none of these are decorated. Also erected on the cairn is a beautifully inscribed Cross-Slab. The upper part is decorated with an inscised central cross. In the centre of it is a dimpled boss in false relief. In each quarter is a crosslet, inscised in a similar style to the main cross. The decorated slabs on the island are truly amazing, one can only imagine what it must have looked like with all ninety slabs/pillars in situ. Some of the designs are unique to Inishmurray, but there is similar cross-inscribed slab on the mainland at Kilmacannon that may have had connections to Inishmurray. The view to the mainland from here is stunning with Benbulben looming in the background.