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Graveslab in Skreen

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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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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 raised borders. Down the centre of the field is carved a cross of simple form standing upon a base, charged with a shield. The stem of the cross is broad for three-quarters of its height. There is a moulding at this point and it continues as a narrower stem with chamfered sides and arms. Above the head of the cross, beneath a semi-circular arch of simple form, there is a head of a man, too fragmentary to show details. He wears a hat with a broad semi-circular brim and expanding crown. The upper part of the hat seems to be fluted. The type recalls Burgundian modes and suggests a date in the first quarter of the fifteenth century.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME032-047006

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Ianfhunter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • Meath Chronicle; photographer not stated, www.meathchronicle.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.gaia.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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