What is recorded here

Graveslab in Abbey West is a 1.9m stone set into the presbytery floor at Corcomroe, bearing a low-relief cross with fleur-de-lis terminals and a small square depression at its heart. A later inscription claims it for Michael Gallane and Patrick Tool in 1828, yet the older carving and crack suggest it marked someone else long before that family laid claim to it. The chamber still holds the shape of a body forgotten by every living memory.

Set into the floor of the presbytery of the Cistercian church at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-). A graveslab (L 1.9m; Wth at top 0.56m tapering to 0.42m) bearing a cross carved in low relief with fleur-de-lis terminals to the three arms of the cross and a similar terminal to the cross shaft. A square depression (0.03m x 0.03m) occurs in the centre of the cross head. A crack occurs one third along the length of the stone from the bottom. The slab is chamfered on all four edges to a depth of 0.03-0.04m. A 19th-century inscription superimposed on the upper portion of the cross reads: Michael Gallane/This Tomb The/Property of Patrick/Tool for him/& posterity/1828. (Carey 2008, 18). The following images are attached: CL003-029010-_01.jpg Close up of inscription superimposed on graveslab. CL003-029010-_02.jpg View of tapering slab from the W. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 4 April 2016

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–14th century. It is significant as an example of ecclesiastical funerary art associated with a Cistercian monastery, reflecting the religious and artistic traditions of the period.

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