Graveslab in Timolin

Fine carboniferous limestone effigy (L 2m), in bas-relief, showing a knight covered by a large shield, of late twelfth or early thirteenth century date, thought to represent Robert FitzRichard who founded a convent (KD036-025002-) for Arroasian nuns in Timolin c. 1200. Was in the graveyard (KD036-025007-), but was moved into the Protestant church in 1907 (JKAS 1891-5, 149; ibid 1908, 368-9; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 89) Date of upload: 5 September 2016

Romanesque gravestone; late 12th to early 13th century. It is significant as a rare effigy monument associated with the early medieval religious foundation established by Robert FitzRichard.