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Graveslab in Knockmark

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Located within the graveyard of Knockmark parish church (ME044-001----). This is a small coffin-shaped graveslab (H 0.7m; Wth 0.23-0.32m; T 0.1-0.15m) set up as a headstone, which has a bracelet-headed cross together with a sword carved in low relief on the E face. See the attached image.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME044-001002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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