What is recorded here
Graveslab in Baile Chláir is a broken 17th-century slab set inside the belfry doorway of the friary, its upper half lost but its relief cross still proud. The surviving fragment measures barely a metre across, yet it carries enough of an inscription to suggest names, ownership or prayer. What is missing has not vanished; it has shifted into the air above the stone, waiting for someone to complete the sentence.
Located immediately inside the doorway from the belfry to the N transept of the friary (GA070-035001-). Described by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 61) as the fragmentary remains of a rectangular 17th-century slab, only the lower half survives (L 0.92m; Wth 0.64m). It is decorated with a cross in relief and bears an inscription, the following of which could be disciphered: … THEIR CH … IL ..
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Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 July 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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