What is recorded here

Graveslab in Killaloe stands inverted beside a medieval church, its tapered limestone body buried head-first after marking a newer grave. Rain has erased most of the cross, leaving only one fleur-de-lys terminal and a ghost of the shaft to hint at the 13th or 14th century craft. The slab was not discarded but turned, reused and made to serve death again, preserving human cunning beneath its weathered surface.

Within a rectangular graveyard (KK022-018001-), associated with a medieval church (KK022-018005-), c. 3m from the E boundary. Embedded upright, though inverted, in the ground where it has been reused to mark a later grave. A tapering limestone slab (dims. H 1.3m above ground; Wth 0.5m narrowing to 0.25m; T 0.25m). The face of the slab is badly weathered, only one simple fleur-de-lys terminal of a probable four-armed cross is visible, as well as the lower portion of the cross-shaft with a similar fleur-de-lys terminal. The underside of the slab is roughly cut. The shape of the slab and the decorative style of the cross indicate that it dates to the 13th/14th century. There is another graveslab (KK022-018002-) of similar date in the graveyard. See attached photograph: KK022-018002-_01 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 May 2021

A medieval gravestone, likely 14th to 16th century, repurposed in a later burial context; its reuse reflects common funerary practices in the region.

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