Graveslab in Rathmore West

Top half of rectangular graveslab (dims. H 0.76m x Wth 0.66m; T 0.17m) decorated in false-relief with an eight-armed segmented cross-head with four fleur-de-lis terminals contained within an incised double line circle, standing upright in SE quadrant of graveyard (KD020-009006-). A narrow chamfer can be seen running across the top of the graveslab. The precise location of the lower half of the graveslab could not be identified. According to Mr. Brian McCabe (pers. comm.) of the Naas Local History Group, a survey of the graveyard revealed, ' the two halves (in two separate areas of the graveyard) of a neatly executed limestone graveslab with an eight-point floriate cross in circle with a narrow carved shaft terminating in Calvary steps.' Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Updated by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 March 2015

Early Christian gravestone, likely 8th to 10th century; significant for its intricate false-relief cross and fleur-de-lis motifs, reflecting Insular artistic traditions and Christian symbolism in the region.