What is recorded here
A granite slab (H 0.8m; Wth 0.73m; T 0.25m) with the outline of a semi-circle on E face. (Harbison 1991, 188 (No. 18))
Reference:
Harbison P. 1991 'Early Christian Antiquities at Clonmore, Co. Carlow' in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (vol. 91, C, Number 7), Dublin.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Likely dating to the Early Christian period, the semi-circular outline may represent an early form of a church plan or symbolic religious imagery. Such stones may have had a liturgical or commemorative function within a local Christian settlement.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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