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Graveslab in New Ross

Graveslab

What is recorded here

Lying on the ground in the chancel is part of the head of a very thick graveslab (Wth 0.5-0.62m; H 0.72m; T 0.13m) in an Old Red Sandstone conglomerate with chamfers on the long sides. The head of a cross with crude fleur-de-lis terminals is incised on its upper surface. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 August, 2012
Early Christian gravestone, likely 8th–10th century; significant as a rare surviving example of a carved cross slab from the medieval period in the region.

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