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Graveslab in Sevenchurches OR Camaderry

Graveslab

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Located: 21m N of NE corner of Cathedral (G. Conroy. 06-09-05). Described by Healy (1972, 45) as a ‘rectangular slab of mica schist 1.85m x 0.63m x 0.1m thick. The face of the slab is smooth and slightly concave. There is an oval perforation 0.2m x 0.16m near one corner, and a smaller perforation 0.07m x 0.03m near the other end of the slab. It is in a recumbent position and is overgrown with only the area around the larger perforation showing. No inscription is visible. Traditionally known as the “horse-dealer’s grave”’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 November 2012 See linked document with drawing from Patrick Healy, Supplementary survey of ancient monuments at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished OPW report, 1972.

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