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(39). G 6. Plate XXI, fig. 3. Slab, 5 feet 4 inches by 1 foot 6| inches. 

 Plain Latin cross, differing from the preceding in being left open at the bottom. 



(40). G 9. Plate XXI, fig, 7. Slab, 5 feet 2 inches by 2 feet. Latin cross, 

 the middle flaked away, the bottom left open. The side lines are bent out- 

 ward at right angles, and prolonged to reach the edges of the slab. 



(41). G 35. Plate XXI, fig. 8 ; BW, plate 2, fig. W. Slab, 6 feet 4 inches 

 by 2 feet 3 inches. Latin cross with rectangular expanding base, open below. 

 On the stem of the cross is the inscription Oil "OO cIigLLAcIi reading 

 upward. This slab has recently been defaced by having been utilized as a 

 table on which to mix mortar, at the erection of a new cross in the graveyard. 



(42). CNS 5. Plate XXII, fig. 4. Slab, 5 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 91 inches 

 by 45 inches. Plain Latin cross of two lines, with a base formed by oblique 

 lines running downward from the lower corners of the stem. The surface of the 

 slab is deeply scored with straight grooves ; apparently it has been used at 

 some time for sharpening tools. 



(43). G L Plate XX, fig. 2 ; BW, plate 1, fig. A. Slab, 5 feet 2 inches 

 by 2 feet 5 inches, with a cross resembling that on no. 40 above, but in high 

 relief. It stands 3^^ inches above the background. 



(44). G 7. Plate XIX, fig. 1 ; BW, plate 1, fig. 0. Slab, 5 feet 1,| inch 

 by 1 foot 9 inches. Plain Latin cross, on a base of trapezium shape, with sides 

 slightly hollowed ; a groove on the base runs parallel with its outline. The 

 base is in relief, about ^ inch high at the top, sloping to the level of the back- 

 ground at the bottom of the stone. 



(45). G 29. Plate XX, fig. 3 ; BW, plate 2, fig. E. Slab, 5 feet 1 inch by 



1 foot 6 inches, bearing a cross similar in outline to the last, but all in relief 



I inch high. At the head of the cross is a rectangular laliel, also in relief, 



bearing the inscription 



Otl X)0 CAUhg 



aL 



This is difficult to decipher, especially the ch, wliich is scarcely traceable. The 

 inscription is inverted with respect to the cross, as is usually the case at Inis 

 Cealtra. This stone is laid so that the head of the cross is turned eastward, 

 unlike the great majority, in which the head is turned westward. Delany 

 pointed this out to me, and explained the anomaly by saying that the person 

 commemorated had been a bishop. This explanation, however, will not serve, 

 for close by is a slab in which the owner is definitely called a bishop, but in 

 which the head is turned the other way. If the position of the stone has any 

 meaning, it is far niore likely that it commemora,tes a layman, 



