What is recorded here

Graveslab in Newtown (baker) lies inside the medieval church of Newtown Earley, where a graveyard clean-up in 1985-7 pulled it back into sight. Its tapering stone carries a four-armed floriated cross, a fleur-de-lys at the shaft’s end, and a Lombardic inscription along one upper edge. The shape suggests a busy workshop, a careful chisel, and a person important enough to mark, even if their name has faded from memory.

Associated with the medieval church of Newtown Earley (KK027-012001-) and uncovered during a clean-up of graveyard in 1985-7 (KK027-012009-) (Harte 1987, 408-17). Currently lying within the church. A tapering slab (L 1.97m; Wth at top 0.63m; Wth at base 0.37m), with chamfered edge, decorated with an incised four-armed floriated with a circle at the centre of the cross-head. The shaft terminates in a fleur-de-lys, with a knop above it. There is an inscription in Lombardic script on the upper surface along the dexter side. Stylistically this graveslab dates to the 13th/14th century. Harte (1987, 415, no. 26) has an illustration with dimensions of this slab but no description. It is very similar to another graveslab (KK027-012017-) in the assemblage, which also has a Lombardic inscription. Reference: Harte, R. 1987 Tombstones at Newtown Earley. Old Kilkenny Review 39, 408-17. See attached: KK027-012027-_01 Illustration from Harte 1987, 415, no. 26 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 May 2023

Medieval Christian graveslab, 14th–15th century. Its association with the medieval church indicates local ecclesiastical activity and funerary practices of the period.

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