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Graveslab in Saints Island

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Saints Island stands inside the Augustinian priory church, its tapering limestone body resting on four dumb-bell piers salvaged from the cloister arcade. The slab measures 1.64m long, 0.52m wide at the top, 0.32m at the base and 0.14m thick, with no inscription to identify the dead person it covered. Its shape and size point to a date before AD 1700, when the priory still belonged to the Augustinians and the cloister walked beside the church.
Within the church of the Augustinian priory (LF026-016002-). This uninscribed tapering limestone graveslab (L 1.64m; top Wth 0.52; base Wth 0.32m; T 0.14m) rests on four dumb-bell piers from the cloister arcade. Its shape and dimensions imply a pre-AD 1700 date. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013
Medieval Christian funerary monument, 12th–13th century. It is significant as a rare surviving example of a monumental graveslab from an Augustinian priory, reflecting monastic burial practices and stonework craftsmanship of the period.

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