What is recorded here

Graveslab in Rathmichael is a Rathdown-type stone bearing one large cup-mark and radiating lines, now secured to the church wall on the east slopes of Carrickgollogan. It may have marked a buried body, recorded a name no longer spoken, or warned people away from a place better left untouched. The herringbone lines still catch light like a ribbon tied across forgotten time.

This graveslab is a Rathdown-type slab bearing one large cup-mark from which five lines radiate to one end of the stone (L 0.9m x Wth 0.55m). A single line joins the cup-mark to the other end, on each side of which are five lines forming a herringbone pattern. It is secured to the wall of the church (DU026-050002-) (Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 78, 79). The church lies on the E slopes of Carrickgollogan. See attached drawing of graveslab taken from Healy 2009, 86. To see a 3D model of this stone visit https://skfb.ly/oHr9p Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 17 May 2023

Rathdown-type megalithic art slab, dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. It is significant as an example of symbolic or ritual carvings associated with funerary or ceremonial practices in early Irish prehistory.

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