What is recorded here
Graveslab in Ballymore Eustace East stands north of medieval church ruins in County Kildare, a low granite slab bearing a deeply incised Latin cross on its east face. It may have marked a buried life or a forgotten vow, though no name survives to confirm the claim. The cross cuts through centuries of rain and grass, still pointing upward while the church beside it has surrendered to time.
In a graveyard (KD029-011004-), N of a medieval church ruins (KD029-011002-). A low, erect, earthfast, gently tapering granite slab (dims. H 0.3m; Wth 0.50-0.52m; T 0.14m) carries a deeply incised Latin cross on its E face. (Corlett 2003, 87, 88 Slab 4)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 30 August 2013
Early Christian gravestone, 7th–10th century AD. Its Latin cross indicates a Christian burial associated with the nearby medieval church, reflecting early monastic or ecclesiastical activity in the region.
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- What survives
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