Graveslab in Donaghmore Upper, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

On fairly level ground at the foot of a range of low hills, at the rear of modern farm buildings, in good pasture. Within a graveyard (KK008-115002-) associated with a medieval church (KK008-115001-) Moore (1874-9, vol. 1, 36-7) noted, 'fragments of a medieval monument with curious ornamentation incised on them'. These fragments possibly relate to a medieval graveslab. The fragments were not visible when the graveyard was visited in 1986.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK008-115003

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