What is recorded here
Graveslab in Abbeyquarter North is a graveslab in Abbeyquarter North, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands within an arched recess in the north wall of the Sligo Dominican friary chancel beside two other graveslabs. The late medieval fragment preserves the upper portion of a tapered slab, marked by parallel edge grooves and a panel of elaborate foliated carvings in low relief.
In Sligo Dominican friary (SL014-065008-), on display within an arched recess in the N wall of the chancel, with two other graveslabs (SL014-065033-; SL014-065034-).
This fragment of a late medieval graveslab appears to consist of the upper portion of a trapezoidal or tapered slab. The edges of the slabs defined by two parallel grooves. In the upper half of the fragment is a panel of elaborate foliated carvings in low relief. The lower portion bears the faint outline of a central, vertical band, perhaps a cross shaft, and a curvilinear feature in the bottom left of the fragment.
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Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye
Date of upload: 29 September 2020
Late medieval Christian graveslab, 14th–15th century. Part of a funerary ensemble associated with the Dominican friary, reflecting ecclesiastical burial practices and stone-carving traditions in medieval Sligo.
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