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Graveslab in Athasselabbey North

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Athasselabbey North is a graveslab in Athasselabbey North, County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies in the chancel of the abbey at Athassel, 6.9m from the east gable and against the north wall. The slab is 0.41m long, 0.53m wide and 0.2m deep, with a 0.09m chamfer on both edges and no evidence of an inscription or design.
In the chancel of the Augustian abbey (TS068-013---) at Athassel, 6.9m from the E gable, lying against the N wall. The slab (L 0.41m; Wth 0.53m; D 0.2m) is described by Maher (1997, 53) as a somewhat weathered slab with a chamfer (Wth 0.09m) on both edges and no evidence to suggest that it bore an inscription or design. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 June 2014
A medieval Christian burial slab, likely 12th to 14th century in date, associated with the Augustinian abbey at Athassel; it reflects the monastic burial practices of the period in Ireland.

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