What is recorded here
An Gorta Dubha holds one cross-slab, number 535, excavated in 1991 and set against the east gable of its medieval church. Laurence Dunne recorded that solitary stone in 2010, while Caimin O'Brien later shaped the account. The chambered tomb, fortress and holy field around it must have sounded like a small world complete enough to remember.
In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-slab no. 535: 'A single cross-slab (535), excavated in 1991, stands against the E gable of the medieval church' (Dunne 2010, 15).
See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne
Date of upload: 7 July 2022
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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