What is recorded here

Graveslab in Abbey West lies flat on the presbytery floor at Corcomroe Abbey, its whole length taken by a stepped cross whose arms end in small crosses and ornate swirls. It belongs to the 16th or 17th century, beside another cross-slab bearing a later inscription, so the chamber holds two layers of remembrance under one roof. The stone does not name the dead, but its careful carving suggests someone wanted identity, faith and memory kept visible long after the abbey fell quiet.

Situated on the floor of the presbytery in Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-). A 16th/17th-century graveslab with an incised cross occupying its entire length. The base of the cross is stepped. The top of the cross has two horizontal arms of equal length with small crosses occupying the two crossing points. Ornate decorations surround the ends of the arms and the top of the main shaft. A cross-slab with a similarly stepped base and a superimposed 17th-century inscription (CL003-029012-) lies immediately to the N. The following image is attached: CL003-029013-_01.jpg View of graveslab from E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 April 2016

16th/17th-century Christian graveslab; associated with a monastic or ecclesiastical context. Its incised cross reflects post-Reformation funerary traditions in Ireland, indicating continuity of Christian burial practices within the abbey.

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