What is recorded here

Graveslab in Fethard is a graveslab in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland. The currently unlocated corner fragment was formerly recorded at the base of the south wall of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist, now Holy Trinity Church of Ireland. It measures 0.54m by 0.24m and has a chamfered edge 0.01m wide. A decorated H may mark the start of HIC, a fragmentary Latin Black Letter inscription survives along the dexter border, and the cross-head's terminal form is uncertain.

Formally located in the graveyard (TS070-040031-) at the base of the S wall of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church, this fragment is currently unlocated. A corner fragment (dims 0.54m x 0.24m; T 0.9m) of a graveslab with a chamfered edge (Wth 0.01m), possibly the upper dexter corner as there is a decorated 'H', probably the beginning of 'HIC', at the top. There is a suggestion that there were two further narrower horizontal bands of inscription across the top beneath the top border, with a 'D' and 'QUOD' being legible. Along the dexter border there is a fragment of the inscription which is in latin, in Black Letter script, it appears to read: MONE 6o ANO. The cross-head does not appear to have either trefoil or fleur-de-lis terminals but it is diffcult to discern the cross type based on such fragmentary remains. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993 Unpublished Urban Archaeological Survey field notes). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

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