What is recorded here

Graveslab in Athenry is a broken coffin-shaped stone bearing an anvil and hammer, now lying in the east aisle of the Dominican church. It was once the third of four slabs inside the doorway when Macalister recorded it in 1913. The anvil suggests a smith, blacksmith or ironworker, but no name remains to confirm it.

When recorded by Macalister (1913, Pl. I) this graveslab was the third of four lying inside the doorway of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-). It has since been moved and is now lying in the E end of the aisle, in front of the wall monument (GA084-001074-). The slab (L c. 1.87m; base Wth 0.69m; Wth across top 0.32m; T 0.16m) is broken in two pieces. Described by Macalister (ibid., 212, VI, Pl. VIII, No. 7) a coffin-shaped shouldered slab bearing an anvil in relief and an incised hammer. No inscription is evident. (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 41) The following images have been uploaded: GA084-001066-_01.jpg GA084-001066-_02.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 November 2018

Medieval Christian graveslab; 13th–14th century. Significant as a surviving funerary monument from the Dominican church, reflecting ecclesiastical and artistic practices of late medieval Ireland.

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