What is recorded here
Found within the graveyard (SL020-109002-) to the SE of the church (SL020-109001-) during a FÁS graveyard clean up in 1995 and 1996 (M. B. Timoney 2002, 152-3). A trapezoidal limestone slab (L 1.88m; Wth at top 0.41m; Wth at base 0.35m; T 0.14m) of possible 15th/16th-century date, decorated with a pair of facing animals (possibly a lion and a dragon), a sword and foliage (ibid.); this is in the care of Sligo County Council (ibid., 153).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
A standing stone or gravestone, likely medieval in date, found within a graveyard context; its significance is primarily local, with no broader archaeological or historical context recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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