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Graveslab in St. Patricksrock

Graveslab

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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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