What is recorded here

No king’s name, no date, no story. A long tapering stone with a thin carved line around the edge, set into the east wall of Clonca church in Donegal. It may have covered an ordinary person, a clerk, a soldier or a child forgotten before writing became common. The absence is the shape: a life reduced to length, width and the patience of rock.

In Clonca church (DG012-002001-), National Monument (no. 25). At the NE end of the church fixed to the wall are two grave slabs (DG012-002005-; DG012-002012-). This one is 1.75m long × 0.45m to .3m wide and is undecorated except for a thin incised frame around the edge (Lacy et al. 1983, 255, no. 1539). Its tapered shape is typical of medieval graveslabs. Attached image: DG012-002005-.JPG Date of upload: 15 December 2015

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–15th century. It is significant as a funerary monument associated with a historic church and reflects local medieval burial practices.

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