What is recorded here
Lying in the choir of the cathedral (TS061-025003-) on the Rock of Cashel. The upper portion of a worn slab (L 0.59m; Wth 0.75m), which is slightly broken at the upper sinister corner (Maher 1997, 71). It is decorated with a seven-armed cross, in relief, with stylised fleur-de-lis terminals and an incised outline cross at the centre of the cross-head, and there no evidence of an inscription (ibid.) FitzGerald (1901-03, vol. 5, 439) describes the slab as 'Illegible'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 January 2012
Graveslab in St. Patrick's Rock is a medieval Christian funerary monument, likely dating to the 12th to 14th century, and is significant as an example of early Irish stone-carved grave markers associated with ecclesiastical sites.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Cormac's ChapelHeritage attraction · 21 yd
The CathedralRuins · 30 yd
Wall monument in St. PatricksrockWall monument · 30 yd
Cloigtheach (Round Tower)Round tower · 33 yd
Rock of CashelHeritage attraction · 48 yd
The Rock Of CashelVisitor information · 58 yd
Black mulberryBlack mulberry · 291 yd
Ballyknock HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Castle in RuinsHouse, fortified house · 1.9 mi
Site of CastleCastle, unclassified · 2.0 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 4.9 mi