What is recorded here

Graveslab in Liberties OF Carlingford is a chamfered coffin shaped slab set upside down at the head of a grave in the south of the graveyard. Only the lower portion is visible, yet it still shows a cross design in relief springing from a decorated base with a pointed reticulated arch. The inversion denies the dead a clear name and offers the living a puzzle instead.

'A chamfered coffin shaped slab is set upside down at the head of a grave in the south of the graveyard. Only the lower portion is visible but it would appear to bear a cross design in relief springing from a decorated base consisting of a pointed reticulated arch' (Bradley and King 1985, 45). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 22 November 2011

A Christian gravestone, likely medieval in date, significant for its carved cross and decorative elements, reflecting early Christian funerary art traditions in Ireland.

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