What is recorded here

Graveslab in Rathmichael is a worn Rathdown-type slab bearing two cup-marks, secured to the south wall of Rathmichael church on the east slopes of Carrickgollogan. It may have marked a buried body or simply witnessed the rise and fall of earlier settlements beside the church. The small depth of its marks suggests repeated use rather than a single gesture, inviting imagination about the hands that made them and the lives they accompanied.

This stone is a very worn Rathdown-type slab (L. 1.5m x Wth 0.57m) bearing only two cup-marks. It is secured to the E face of the buttresss on the S wall of Rathmichael church (DU026-050001-) (Ó hEailidhe 1957, 77, 79). The church stands on the E slopes of Carrickgollogan. See attached drawing of graveslab taken from Healy 2009, 92. To see a 3D model of this stone visit https://skfb.ly/oHrtD Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 17 May 2023

Rathdown-type graveslab, early Christian period. It is significant as a rare surviving example of early Christian monumental stonework associated with ecclesiastical sites in Leinster.

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