Saint Mura’s Cross Slab, Fahan
Monastic Stones

Saint Mura’s Cross Slab
Saint Mura’s Cross Slab is located in Fahan, a village a few kilometres outside the Southern Inishowen town of Buncrana.
Mura was the abbot who founded a monastery here in the early seventh century, and according to a local tradition, the Saint is buried under this decorated stone.

Saint Mura’s Cross Slab is 2.1 metres in height and .18 m thick. A cross of double interlacing has been carved on each side.

Like the Donagh Cross, Saint Mura’s Cross Slab has an interlace style similar in design.
Historians believe that the design shows the progression of the development of Pictish slab art found in Scotland, particularly the region of Iona Island.