What is recorded here
Graveslab in Town Parks is a graveslab in Town Parks, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a limestone fragment measuring 0.8 metres by 0.6 metres, incorporating part of a cross shaft and the marginal letters BVRCE. It is set into the inner face of the west boundary wall of the Church of Ireland building that replaced the medieval church of St. Nicholas of Myra around 1813.
On the W side of the town, N of Main Street. The medieval church of St. Nicholas of Myra (TS085-004006-) appears to have survived until c. 1813 when it was demolished and replaced by a C of I church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 63). Incorporated in the inner face of the W boundary wall of the church is a fragment of a limestone graveslab (dims. 0.8m x 0.6m) with part of the cross shaft and portion of the marginal inscription: BVRCE (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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