What is recorded here
Graveslab in Ballyellin AND Tomdarragh marks a church grave from 1625, preserving one life across four centuries. The stone may have worn smooth under kneeling hands or rained upon by generations, yet it still belongs to the place. Memory does not need grandeur when it keeps its shape.
OS Letters noted a grave-slab dating to 1625 inside church at Ballyellen.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
A 17th-century Christian grave slab; of local historical significance as a post-medieval funerary monument.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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