What is recorded here

Graveslab in Kilboght stands inside a Galway church as a tapering 17th-century marker, its rounded head carrying a lozenge cross and the monogram IHS. The stone may have marked an ordinary person, yet its careful carving suggests pride, faith or love preserved against forgetting.

This slightly tapering graveslab (L 1.83m; Wth at base 0.58m; Wth at shoulder 0.56m; Wth at top 0.18m) is one of two 17th-century graveslabs (see also GA098-111003-) within the church (GA098-111----). The head of the slab is rounded and it varies in thickness of between 0.1m to 0.4m. A raised open lozenge forms the head and arms of a cross and the shaft running from it ends on a stepped Calvary base. Within the lozenge the monogram IHS is visible and a small Greek cross that springs from the horizontal bar of the 'H' is similar to a graveslab (GA117-065006-) in Lickmolassy. The graveslabs were brought our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 February 2020 The following image has been uploaded: GA098-111002-_01.jpg

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