What is recorded here

Graveslab in Ballycallan stands beside the medieval church, its cross-shaft and fleur-de-lis still visible beneath soil and time. It belongs to the thirteenth or fourteenth century, when stone cut for the dead could also mark the life of a whole village. The Holmes memorial rises nearby, linking ages in one small graveyard. What is buried beneath may never reappear, but the cross still points upward, refusing to be forgotten.

Associated with the medieval church (KK018-072001-) of Ballycallan and situated W of centre of the graveyard (KK018-072002-) and directly E of the 19th-century Holmes memorial. The lower portion (L 0.4m; Wth 0.24m tapering towards the base; T 0.11m) of the slab protrudes above the ground. It is decorated with an incised cross-shaft with incised fleur-de-lis terminal. It is one of four taping graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) in the graveyard noted by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 442) which appear to date from the 13th/14th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

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