What is recorded here
Found in 2004 in the SW quadrant of the graveyard (DU022-016003-) (Swords, K. ed. 2009, 100). Comprises a portion of a Rathdown slab (L 0.70m, Wth 0.44m, T 0.15m). Decorated with a flat-bottomed cup-mark enclosed by three concentric circles. Three shallow lines radiate from the outer circleto the end of the slab. At the broken end there is part of an arc of a circle. The slab is located in St. Nahi's church.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 25th April 2012
Graveslab in Dundrum is a decorated Early Christian gravestone, dating to the 7th–9th century AD, and is significant as an example of Rathdown-style stone carving associated with the monastery at Rathdown.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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