What is recorded here
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 April, 2015
Early Christian gravestone, 7th–9th century AD. It is significant as an example of Insular Christian art, featuring a bracelet-headed cross, commonly associated with the monastic tradition of the Irish early medieval period.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Font in KnockmarkFont · 35 yd
Knockmark Churchchurch/chapel · 55 yd
water pumpwater pump · 776 yd
Ribstown fortFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1406 yd
Killeen CastleCastle, tower house · 1.7 mi
CastleCastle, motte · 1.8 mi
Dunsany WoodWood · 2.0 mi
Lismahon 1798 MemorialMonument · 3.8 mi
MullaghMountain / peak · 4.1 mi
1798 MemorialMemorial · 4.3 mi