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(d). Eleventh-century type. 

 (none) 



(e). Twelfth-centv.ry type. 



To this group belong the great majority of the Inis Cealtra slabs. It may 

 be said once for all that none of the persons mentioned in the inscriptions can 

 be identified. We are therefore driven back on the style of the monuments 

 to date them. The Latin cross is used throughout ; the slabs fall easily into 

 a number of groups depending on the treatment of the cross. It is quite 

 evident that, as at Clonmacnois and elsewhere, certain slabs were adopted as 

 models and copied in later memorials. 



(32). G .31. Plate XX, tig. 9 ; BW, plate 2, fig. T. Slab, measuring 4 feet 

 9 inches by 1 foot 6 inches. This is the only inscribed stone on the island 

 that bears no cross. The inscription is the only device. It reads Oil "OO 

 1T1ACCU. There is a mark after theU which looks like an I ; this would turn 

 the name into Maccui ; but after a minute examination 1 came to the con- 

 clusion that it was a mere flaw. The doubled letter is (J, not L, as I had read 

 it on one of my earlier visits. 



(3.3). G 25. Plate XX, fig. 10. Slab, 3 feet 1 inch by 1 foot 2 inches, 

 apparently imperfect at both ends. A plain Latin cross of two lines. 



(34). G 37. Plate XXI, fig. 1 ; BW, plate 2, fig. Y. Slab, measuring 4 feet 

 6 inches by 1 foot 6 inches, with a plain Latin cross of two lines. 



(35). Lying on the modern sedilia of St. Mary's. Plate XXI, fig. 2. Slab, 

 4 feet 9 inches by 1 foot 8 inches by 4 inches, with a plain Latin cross of two 

 lines, boldly cut. 



(36). CNN 3. Plate XXI, fig. 4. Slab, measuring 6 feet by 2 feet 3 inches, 

 tapering to 1 foot 9 inches by 5 inches thick, bearing a plain Latin cross of 

 two lines. There is a square hole cut above the head of the cross, 1-| inch 

 deep. The surface of the cross is very friable, and is much weathered ; the 

 cross can only just be traced, and will before long be entirely scaled away. 



(37). G 26. Plate XXI, fig. 5. Slab, now 3 feet 5 inches by 1 foot 7 inches, 

 but the bottom is broken away, carrying with it the lower end of the cross. 

 This was similar to the preceding. 



(38). G 34. Plate XXII, fig. 7. Slab, 5 feet 5 inches long and 1 foot 10 inches 

 broad ; the long edges are rebated, the rebate being f inch deep and 2 inches 

 broad. Plain Latin cross, as in the preceding slabs ; much worn and flaked. 



