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Graveslab DG026-024002- in Castledoe

Graveslab
Graveslab in Castledoe
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DG026-024002-
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Tomb-slab: On the exterior N face of the tower adjoining the SW corner of the keep (DG026-023001-) [Doe castle tower house] is a 16th century trapezoidal tomb slab; it was brought from the graveyard (DG026-024003-) to Doe castle in 1968. It is carved with an elaborate cross; the head comprises an interlace…

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Tomb-slab: On the exterior N face of the tower adjoining the SW corner of the keep (DG026-023001-) [Doe castle tower house] is a 16th century trapezoidal tomb slab; it was brought from the graveyard (DG026-024003-) to Doe castle in 1968. It is carved with an elaborate cross; the head comprises an interlace centre-piece with seven radiating spear-shaped terminals. The shaft is decorated with a double band interlace pattern and rises from a Calvary of five steps which encloses the sacred monogram I.H.C. On the left of the shaft are carved, a bird and three animal figures (including a bull?) and, on the right, three interlace designs, a vine-leaf pattern and (now broken) an animal figure. The slab is damaged and the date and inscriptions on the right-hand edge and 'the date may be 1544 [M] CCCCCXXXXIIII, . . . and the name of the sculptor MADONIUF ORAVAITY [ME] FECIT' (1903, 139). The name of the person for whom it was carved is indecipherable but it was assuredly for one of the McSweenys of Doe.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG026-024002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
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  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  • Maker not stated on source page, wanderyourway.com
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