What is recorded here
A graveslab with the head of a man in relief is inside the locked ground floor of the tower of Skreen church (ME032-047003-). It has been be dated to the first quarter of the 15th century by Hunt (1974, 1, 213) who describes it as: Attached to the west wall on the ground floor of the belfry is a wedge-shaped slab with…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME032-047006
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Ianfhunter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- Meath Chronicle; photographer not stated, www.meathchronicle.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gaia.com
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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