What is recorded here
One of six graveslabs (TN047-030009-014) located on S side of cloister of Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 3 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey.
Upper portion of a tapered slab ( L 0.94m; Top Wth 0.48m ; Base Wth 0.44m ; T 0.17m) the lower portion is missing and the surface is worn with no inscription or decoration visible. Situated inside the S wall of the Cloister. Current location of grave slab unknown.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th to 16th century. Part of a small group associated with the Cistercian abbey at Holycross, significant for illustrating funerary practices and iconography of the late medieval period in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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