What is recorded here
Located on the floor of the chancel; 0.4m from the S wall of the chancel of the friary (GA070-035001-). Described by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 60) as a wedge-shaped bevelled slab (L 1.5m; Wth at top 0.43m tapering to 0.31 at base; T 0.16m) decorated with a plough and bearing the following marginal inscription:
PRAY FOR THE SOVLE OF DANIEL MVNIGH/ AN AND HIS WIFE
IOAN FAHY AND HIS SON/ HVGH MVNIGHAN 1696 IHS
The following image has been uploaded: GA070-035015-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 July 2018
Medieval Christian burial slab, 13th–15th century. Its wedge-shaped form and location within a friary chancel suggest it may mark a significant ecclesiastical or layperson's burial, reflecting local funerary practices of the period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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