What is recorded here

Graveslab in Laughanstown is a granite grave slab from Tully graveyard, County Dublin, bearing a Latin ringed cross with five cup-marks, semi-spherical bosses and herringbone designs. It measures about 1.06m high, 0.53m to 0.56m wide and 0.14m thick. In 1989 the slab was taken into the care of the Office of Public Works. One of eleven early grave slabs recorded at Tully graveyard, it remains a rare surviving marker of burial practice in that place.

One of eleven granite early grave slabs recorded at Tully graveyard (Swords 2009). This slab (H 1.06m, Wth 0.53m – 0.56m, T 0.14m) bears a Latin ringed cross in low relief on which are five cup-marks. There is a small cupmark on each arm and one at the intersection. There is a semi-spherical boss under each arm and herringbone design flanks each side of the shaft. In 1989 the slab was taken into the care of the Office of Public Works (see DU018-419----). (Ó hÉailidhe 1973, 56-57, 135; Corlett 2014, 101, Slab 1). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 May 2015

Early Christian gravestone, 7th–9th century AD; significant as an example of Insular Christian art with a Latin cross and cup-marks, reflecting early monastic or ecclesiastical traditions in the region.

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