What is recorded here
Graveslab in Kerdiffstown is a tapering granite slab bearing an incised floriate cross, buried face down eight metres west of the church until Brian Mc Cabe uncovered it in 1990. The 13th or 14th-century stone likely marked a forgotten grave beside the worshipper’s path, its cross cut for hands that have long turned to dust. Rain may have hidden the carving for centuries while the church tower watched unchanged above.
In a graveyard (KD019-006002-). Discovered in 1990 by Mr. Brian Mc Cabe (1991, 218-21), lying face down, c. 8m W of Kerdiffstown Church (KD019-006001-). A gently tapering, granite slab (dims. L 1.22m; Wth at top 0.46m; Wth at base 0.32m; T at top 0.2m; T at base 0.16m) bears an incised, floriate cross on one face and dates to the 13/14 c.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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