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Graveslab in Donaghmore (navan Lower By.)

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Donaghmore (navan Lower By.) stands upright in the graveyard wall west of the round tower, its sandstone surface carrying a floriated cross tipped with fleur-de-lys. The slab measures 1.42m long, 0.38-0.51m wide and 0.11-0.15m thick, large enough to mark a body and distinct enough to be seen from the churchyard path. It may have belonged to a priest, a noble family or a forgotten donor, but its cross still points upward beside the tower, waiting for someone to read what it remembered.
A sandstone graveslab (L 1.42m; Wth 0.38-0.51m; T 0.11-0.15m) with a floriated cross that has fleur-de-lys terminals is set upright in the wall of the graveyard (ME025-015003-) W of the round tower (ME015-015002-). See attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 June, 2014
A 10th- to 12th-century Christian graveslab; associated with a medieval ecclesiastical site and indicative of early Irish monastic traditions.

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