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Tomb, chest tomb

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At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny, reused in the W face of the 1804 cross wall in the graveyard of the church (Ó Drisceoil 2006, 43). Fragment of a front panel from a 16th-century chest tomb, composed of fossiliferous limestone. It is decorated with pointed niches containing foliate motifs in false relief. It is possibly from the same monument as KK019-026357-. Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 9 January 2023
Chest tomb, 16th century. Reused in the 19th century within the graveyard wall of St Mary's parish church, Kilkenny; represents later medieval funerary architecture in the region.

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