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Graveslab in Athasselabbey North

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Athasselabbey North is a graveslab in Athasselabbey North, County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies in the chancel of the abbey at Athassel, 0.85m from the east gable and 0.7m from the south wall. The surviving fragment measures 0.55m long, 0.3m wide and averages 0.18m thick. It bears a lightly incised design showing the lower portion of an outline cross-stem ending in a knop and three trefoils.
Lying in the chancel of the Augustian abbey (TS068-013---) at Athassel, 0.85m from the E gable and 0.7m from the S wall. It is described by Maher (1997, 52) as a fragment of the lower portion of a slab (L 0.55m; Wth 0.3m; average T 0.18m) with no original edge surviving which 'bears a very lightly incised design, worn in places, which consists of the lower portion of an outline cross-stem terminating in a knop and three trefoils. Some of the latter are worn and incomplete. There is no evidence to suggest that the slab bore an inscription'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 June 2014

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