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Architectural fragment in Abbeyshrule

Architectural fragment

What is recorded here

Thirty metres northeast of the Cistercian abbey, a carved bishop's head on a broken arch stone marks one end of a modern grave. The fragment likely fell from an abbey doorway or window before men reused it as a grave marker. The dead man may have chosen that face because he trusted the abbot's prayer more than any written name.
Within the burial gound (LF023-113002-) c. 30m to the NE of the Cistercian abbey (LF023-113----). A voussoir bearing a carved stone head of a bishop/abbot wearing a mitre marks one end of a modern grave. The voussoir was probably removed from a window or doorway of the abbey. (Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 15 June 2013

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