What is recorded here

Graveslab (present location) in Castlemore is a 1.95m recumbent slab bearing a low-relief cross and transom, ascribed to the 13th or early 14th century. Tradition holds it was moved from a nearby graveyard in the 18th century, yet it still lies exposed on the motte summit where wind and rain have worn its edges smooth. The cross rises twice, once at each end, as if marking a path rather than a grave, inviting wonder about whose journey it recorded before men carried it uphill.

National Monument No. 545. Situated on summit of motte (CW008-033001-). According to Orpen (1906, 379) this was moved from a nearby graveyard (CW008-033003-) in the 18th century. Corlett (2003, 94) describes it as a slab (L 1.95m; T 0.3m; Wth 0.58m tapering to 0.35m) in recumbent position decorated with a cross (Wth 0.43m), shaft (Wth 0.1m) and terminating in a cross (Wth 0.32m), all in low relief. There is also a transom (Wth 0.43m) transecting midway along the shaft. It has been ascribed a 13th/early 14th-century date. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 7 September 2009

Medieval Christian gravestone; moved from a graveyard in the 18th century. Its original context and inscriptions, if any, may provide insights into local burial practices and early Christian heritage in the area.

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