What is recorded here
Innisfallen Island in Lough Leane holds a plain chamfered grave slab south of the Abbot's Church. It tapers from a six-tenths-metre top to a five-tenths-metre base, preserving no inscription or decoration for the person beneath it. Three similar slabs stand in the adjacent Augustinian abbey church, suggesting a small cluster of forgotten burial marks rather than one isolated loss.
On Innisfallen Island in Lough Leane. A plain grave slab is located S of the Abbot's Church (KE066-072008-). It is chamfered and tapers from top to bottom ( L 1.6-2m; Wth at top c. 0.6m; Wth at base c. 0.5m). There is no evidence of any inscription or decoration. There are three similar grave slabs (KE066-072004-, KE066-072013-, KE066-072014-) in the adjacent church of the Augustinian abbey (KE066-072001-). (Weaver 1995)
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
A plain medieval grave slab, likely Christian, associated with the historic monastic site of Innisfallen. Its significance lies in its potential connection to the early Christian settlement and burial practices on the island.
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