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Graveslab in Bannow

Graveslab

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Two graveslabs and a sarcophagus are at the SE angle of the nave of Bannow church (WX045-045001-). One of the graveslabs (Wth 0.45-0.86m; L 2.24m; T 0.19m) has a civilian male and a female head carved proud and an inscription commemorating Joanes Colfer and Anne (?) Lusgin or Siggin with a floriated cross, but the inscription might not be original (Hunt 1974, vol. 1. 236 7). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of uplaod: 22 July, 2013
Early Christian gravestone, 7th–9th century; significant for its carved human figures and inscription, reflecting artistic and funerary traditions in early medieval Ireland.

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