What is recorded here

Graveslab in Burnchurch stands upside down, its cross base and fleur-de-lys exposed while the top buries itself in Kilkenny soil. The mistake, or choice, turns a medieval marker into a strange headstone, forcing attention to the part usually hidden. What is lost above ground reappears below, and the dead keep their shape in a form no one intended.

Within the graveyard (KK023-072002-) associated with the medieval church of Burnchurch (KK023-072001-). A tapering graveslab (H 0.59m above ground; Wth at base of slab 0.23m; Wth at ground level 0.31m; T 0.12m), only the lower portion of which is visible as it has been placed upright in the ground upside down where it is being reused as a headstone. It is decorated with an incised cross, only the shaft and the base of which are visible. The cross-base terminates in a fleur-de-lys, above which is a horizontal rectangular knop. Stylistically this graveslab dates to the 13th/14th century. See attached photograph: KK023-072007-_01 taken by Christiaan Corlett, 24 August 2022 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 September 2022

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