Graveslab in Termonfeckin

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 A small grave-slab bearing an Irish inscription (Oroit do Ultan do Dubthach do Rigni in Cassel) can be seen set into the porch wall. The inscription is preceded by a small initial cross of Latin form. The earliest date for initial crosses on Irish slabs is not known, but in Wales they can be as early as the seventh century (PRIA 61C, 101). They continued in use in Ireland until the beginning of the twelfth century as is evidenced by an example from Clonmacnoise. Located in graveyard LH022-041001-. (PRIA 61 C, 102, fig. 24:13; CLAJ 1944, 292-3; Roe 1954, 111-12)

A Neolithic standing stone or portal stone, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in its potential association with early megalithic funerary or ritual practices in eastern Ireland.