What is recorded here

Graveslab in Fethard is a graveslab in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland. A tapering limestone slab, 0.47 metres above ground, 0.43 metres wide at its mid-point, 0.37 metres wide at its base and 0.15 metres thick, stands upside down in the graveyard 10 metres south-west of the south-west angle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist, now the Holy Trinity Church of Ireland church. Its lower dexter side is spawled, and only the lower portion of an incised cross-shaft and a double-line trefoil base remain visible. Style dates it to the 13th or 14th century.

Reused as a headstone in the graveyard (TS070-040031-) 10m SW of the SW angle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. The slab is spawled along the lower dexter side. A tapering limestone slab (L above ground 0.47m; Wth approx. mid-point 0.43m; Wth at base 0.37m; T 0.15m) which is embedded upside down in the graveyard. Only the lower portion of incised cross-shaft and the trefoil base, which is incised with a double line, is visible. Stylistically this dates to the 13th/14th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

A megalithic gravestone, likely dating to the Early Christian period, reused in a medieval churchyard; its significance lies in its potential connection to early Christian burial practices in the region.

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