What is recorded here

Graveslab in Dalkey lies face down beside the church door, hiding a ringed Latin Cross and concentric circles from casual sight. The slab rests within a raised walled graveyard at the northern edge of town, suggesting people once valued enough to bury beneath stone decorated with sacred geometry. Its inverted position transforms a marker of death into a quiet trap for attention, forcing visitors to kneel or imagine before they can read the symbols carved into its surface.

Situated at the N end of Dalkey town at the junction of Castle Street and Ormeau Dive. The graveslab is located is within a rectangular walled-in graveyard raised above the level of the road. The graveslab is a 'Rathdown type' and is recorded as being face down by the door in the S wall of the church (DU023-023002-; Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 80-83). It comprises a large slab decorated in relief with a ringed Latin Cross and a cupmark in the centre. Below the shaft is another cupmark within a large circle. At each end of the slab is a group of concentric circles with a central cupmark along both edges of the decorated face are semi-circular loops (L 1.65m, Wth 0.52m, T 0.18m; Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 80, 83, Swords, K. ed. 2009, 94). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 22 May 2018

Graveslab in Dalkey is a medieval Christian graveslab, likely dating to the 17th or 18th century. Its significance lies in its association with the historical Rathdown graveyard, an important local site reflecting the area's ecclesiastical and social history.

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