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Graveslab in Abbeyquarter North

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Abbeyquarter North is a graveslab in Abbeyquarter North, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a trapezoidal slab, probably late medieval or early modern, that formed the lid of a coffin-tomb. The surface is worn plain, though traces of a possible inscription remain in the lower section. It displays on the south wall of the Sligo Dominican friary sacristy with two other graveslabs.
Located in Sligo Dominican friary (SL014-065008-), on display on the S wall of the sacristy, with two other graveslabs (SL014-065040-; SL014-065042-). Trapezoidal graveslab, probably late medieval/early modern in date, which would originally have formed the lid of a coffin-tomb. The surface is quite worn, and it now appears plain and unadorned, but there are traces of a possible inscription in the lower section of the slab. Attached image: SL014-065041-_01.JPG Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye Date of upload: 29 September 2020
Trapezoidal graveslab, probably late medieval/early modern in date, associated with the Sligo Dominican friary. It is significant as a funerary monument reflecting burial practices and artistic styles of the period in a religious context.

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