What is recorded here

Graveslab in Aghanagh is a graveslab in Aghanagh, County Sligo, Ireland. It blocks a burial vault attached to the south wall of the ruined late medieval parish church. The 17th-century stone displays the Hughes coat of arms and names Winefred Hughes, wife of Captain Henry Hughes. Wood-Martin recorded the date as 1609, although the inscription appears to show 1659.

In the ruin of the late medieval parish church of Aghanagh. An inscribed 17th-century graveslab serves as a blocking slab for a burial vault which abuts the E end of the S wall of the medieval parish church of Aghanagh (SL040-171001-). The graveslab bears the coat of arms of the Hughes family. The inscription is difficult to read but was recorded by Wood-Martin (1882, 206, n. 1) as follows: 'Here lyeth the body of Winefred Hughes wife to Captain Henry Hughes who deceased the 1st (?) day of March Anno Domini 1609. Here lyeth the body of Captain...'. The date on the inscription appears to be '1659' rather than '1609' as recorded by Wood-Martin. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A 17th-century Christian graveslab; associated with a burial vault in a late medieval parish church. Signifies post-Reformation funerary practice and reuse of ecclesiastical sites.

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