Graveslab in Taghmaconnell, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

A graveslab (dims 2.15m x 0.55-0.7m) with a cross in relief, possibly 17th-century in date, loose fragments of a tracery window (RO051-053005-), a stoup (RO051-053006-) and the base of rotary quern (RO051-053007-) are in the parish church of Taghmaconnell (RO051-053001-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO051-053004

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