What is recorded here

Graveslab in Threecastles marks two ancient crossing stones, still standing in the graveyard where people have buried their dead for generations. Carrigan and Buggy both saw the same unusual crosses, though they described them slightly differently. The stones may have watched weddings, funerals and quiet prayers before either writer ever visited. They belong to Threecastles now, carrying the townland's patience in cold stone.

In the graveyard at Threecastles (KK014-025007-). Describing the graveslabs, Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 268) noted, 'two uninscribed ones, with crosses of ancient pattern'. These are possibly the same slabs (KK014-025010- and KK014-025011-) noted by Buggy (1969, 15) as, 'Two pieces of stone with inscribed crosses of ancient pattern are to be seen'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 May 2020

Medieval Christian graveslab, likely 11th to 13th century. Its significance lies in the presence of ancient patterned crosses, reflecting early Irish monastic art traditions.

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