What is recorded here

Graveslab in Newtown (baker) lies inside the medieval church of Newtown Earley, where a 1985-7 clean-up pulled many buried slabs from the graveyard soil. One tapering stone carries a four-armed floriated cross ending in a fleur-de-lys, marking a death from the 13th or 14th century. The chamber holds these recovered markers like a quiet archive, waiting for someone to read the names and lives hidden beneath their edges.

Associated with the medieval church of Newtown Earley (KK027-012001-). A large number of graveslabs were uncovered during a clean-up of graveyard (KK027-012009-) in 1985-7 (Harte 1987, 408-17). These are currently lying within the interior of the church. A tapering slab (L 1.82m; Wth 0.76m at top; Wth 0.38m at base) with chamfered edge, decorated with an incised four-armed floriated cross with a circle at the centre of the cross-head. The shaft terminates in a fleur-de-lys. Stylistically this graveslab dates to the 13th/14th century. (Harte 1987, 409-410, no. 7). Reference: Harte, R. 1987 Tombstones at Newtown Earley. Old Kilkenny Review 39, 408-17. See attached: KK027-012016-_01 Illustration from Harte 1987, 409, no. 7 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 May 2023

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–15th century. Significant as part of a group of slabs from a post-Reformation clean-up, reflecting burial practices and artistic traditions in a rural ecclesiastical context.

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