What is recorded here

Graveslab in Athasselabbey North is a graveslab in Athasselabbey North, County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies in the chancel of the abbey at Athassel, 8.5m from the east gable and 3.9m from the south wall. The tapering slab measures 1.55m long, 0.58m wide at the top and 0.46m at the base, with an average thickness of 0.13m and a missing portion of its base. Its cross-head sits above a plain shaft inside an outline circle, showing an interlaced eight-armed cross with trefoil terminals and a central floral motif of eight triangular segments.

Lying in the chancel of the Augustian abbey (TS068-013---) at Athassel, the centre point is 8.5m from the E gable and 3.9m from the S wall. It is described by Maher (1997, 53) as a tapering slab (L 1.55m; Wth at top 0.58m; Wth at base 0.46m; average T 0.13m) with portion of its base missing. 'The cross-head, which surmounts a plain outline shaft, is enclosed within an outline circle. It consists of an interlaced eight-armed cross with trefoil terminals. At the centre of this design is a simple floral motif composed of eight triangular segments. There is no evidence to suggest that the slab bore an inscription' (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 June 2014

Medieval Christian burial slab, 13th–15th century. It is significant as an example of ecclesiastical funerary monuments associated with the Augustinian abbey at Athassel.

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