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Graveslab in Gaganstown

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Gaganstown stands upside-down in the east sector of a graveyard beside a ruined church, its granite body leaning heavily toward the sunrise. The Latin cross carved on its eastern face points downward instead of upward, as though the maker believed death should look toward the ground rather than the sky. That inverted gesture turns a ordinary marker into a quiet protest, reminding passersers that even sacred symbols can be planted backwards when human hands fail to understand them.
In the E sector of a graveyard (KD029-013001-), which also contains a ruined church (KD029-013----). A gently tapering, granite slab (H 0.95m; Wth 0.3-0.4m; T 0.18m) is apparently erected upside-down and leans heavily towards the E. It carry's a Latin cross carved in relief on its E face. (Corlett 2003, 98, 100) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 September 2013

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