What is recorded here

Graveslab in Ardfert is a 15th-century limestone cross-slab now buried as a window sill in the Ardfert vestry. It preserves moulded edges, possible shears, and cross-hatched lines, yet it has lost the name and story that gave it shape. The church reused dead stone as a threshold for living light, turning a grave marker into a daily boundary between rooms.

Cross-slab. 15th. cent. Tapering limestone slab inserted as the sill of the north window in the ground floor of the vestry. It has moulded edges and what is possibly the end of a shears on one side. There are two parallel lines with cross-hatching between on the inner side of the slab. Dims: L. 119 W. 53-47 T. 16 (min). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry (32). Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 11 January 2012

15th-century Christian cross-slab; used as a window sill in a vestry. It is significant as an example of medieval funerary or ecclesiastical stone reuse in Ireland.

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