What is recorded here
The GRAVE SLAB in Greengraves, County Down, Ireland, dates to the MEDIEVAL period. It stands as a recorded archaeological marker rather than a decorated tomb, preserving the shape of death before Christian ceremony took over. A person may have stood there in darkness, reading nothing but remembering someone the land had already swallowed.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as GRAVE SLAB. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; MEDIEVAL. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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