What is recorded here

Graveslab in Clonca Church, County Donegal, Ireland. Charles Davenport esquire and his wife Margaret died in 1697. Their names still stand carved in ten regular lines across the upper half of a plain rectangular stone. The slab lies on the ground at the east end of the church, measuring 2.12m long, 0.91m wide and 0.14m thick.

In Clonca church (DG012-002001-). This plain, rectangular graveslab (L 2.12m; Wth 0.91m; T 0.14m) lies on the ground at the E end of the church. The inscription, carved in 10 regular lines, fills the upper half of slab, and names Charles Davenport esquire, who died in 1697, and his wife Margaret. Attached images: DG012-002013-_01.JPG Graveslab viewed from SE DG012-002013-_02.JPG Inscription on graveslab Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 October 2021

Medieval Christian graveslab, 11th–13th century. Its presence in Clonca church indicates early monastic or ecclesiastical activity in the area.

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