What is recorded here
Graveslab in Abbeyquarter North is a graveslab in Abbeyquarter North, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a complete trapezoidal lid for a coffin-tomb, probably late medieval or early modern, now broken into three pieces by horizontal fractures. The slab displays chamfered edges and a groove decorated with small beads, forming a decorative outer frame around an otherwise plain surface.
Located in Sligo Dominican friary (SL014-065008-), on display on the N wall of the chancel.
Trapezoidal graveslab, probably late medieval/early modern in date, which would have been the lid of a coffin-tomb. The slab is complete, but broken into three pieces by horizontal fractures. The edges are chamfered, and carved into a groove decorated with a row of small beads, giving the slab a decorative outer frame, but the surface is otherwise plain and unadorned.
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Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye
Date of upload: 29 September 2020
Trapezoidal graveslab, likely late medieval/early modern in date, associated with the Sligo Dominican friary. It provides insight into local funerary practices and the historical presence of a religious community in the area.
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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