What is recorded here

Tomb is a tomb (chest tomb) in Coolfinn, County Waterford, Ireland. It stands beside the Romanesque parish church of Guilcagh at the edge of the River Suir floodplain, where the Kilbunny Stream flows thirty to forty metres to the southeast. The graveyard holds two bullaun stones outside the doorway and an altar built into the east wall. Fragments of the chest tomb of Peter Power, including a panel dated 1645 and another showing a crucifixion, were lost in the late 1960s.

Situated at the edge of the floodplain of the River Suir with the W-E Kilbunny Stream 30-40m to the SE. The Romanesque parish church of Guilcagh (WA008-010001-) is within a small rectangular graveyard (WA008-010002-). There are two bullaun stones outside the doorway and an altar has been built into the E wall. Fragments of a chest tomb of Peter Power (dims. c. 1.2m x c. 0.6m) with an inscription in raised roman lettering and the date 1645 and perhaps also two side panels (dims. c. 0.6m x c. 015m) with figures, including a crucifixion, are missing since the late 1960s. (Power 1922, 79) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 September 2011

Chest tomb, likely medieval in date. Its location near a Romanesque church suggests a possible ecclesiastical or burial association.

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