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Graveslab in Kilmolash

Graveslab

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Situated on a level landscape. A graveslab with a cross in relief is incorporated into the the foundation of the SW corner of the nave of Kilmolash church (WA029-027001-) (Buckley 1896, 218; 1899, 47; Power 1898a, 92; 1908b, 5) Buckley, M. J. C. (1896) Notes on Kilmolash Church, Near Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, WAJ vol. 2, 212-20. Buckley, M. J. C. (1899) Ecclesiological gleanings and jottings in Waterford and elsewhere. (continued) WAJ vol. 5, 44-8. O'Keeffe, T. (1994) Lismore and Cashel: reflections on the beginnings of Romanesque architecture in Munster. JRSAI 124, 118-52. Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. Power, Rev. P. (1908b) Dromore to Lismore - with notes on the antiquiteis to be visited on the society's annual excurstion, WAJ 12, 1-16. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011
Early Christian gravestone, 7th–10th century AD. It is significant as an example of medieval Christian funerary art in Ireland, indicating the presence of a Christian community in the Kilmolash area during the early medieval period.

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