What is recorded here

Broken in two and green with lichen, the western slab lies flat before the east window, its faint cross still pointing upward through centuries of foot traffic. A friar or noble may have slept beneath it when Portumna was new, but the stone no longer distinguishes rank or name. It waits for boots, rain and memory to do what prayer could not: keep the dead company.

Within the chancel of the friary church (GA127-019----), this recumbent graveslab (L 1.97m; max. Wth 0.55; base Wth 0.51; T 0.01m) is the western one in a row of three (see also GA127-019001-, GA127-019002-) set in the floor immediately in front of the E window. Described by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 163) as ‘bevelled coffin-shaped slabs’ of 14th/15th-century date. This slab, which is broken in two pieces, bears a Latin cross in low relief. The shaft (Wth 0.14m) is decorated with a curvilinear pattern but it is difficult to make out due to the growth of lichen on the slab. The arms end in a fleur-de-lis motif as does the head of the shaft. The following image has been uploaded: GA127-019003-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 1 May 2019

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