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Graveslab in Baile Chláir

Graveslab

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Recorded by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 60-61) as being located in the nave of the friary (GA070-035001-) and described as a rectangular slab decorated with a butcher’s knife and chopping block. A marginal inscription reads: PRAY FOR THE SOVLES OF WALTER/ LANG AND/ HIS WIFE SARA GAVNA/ R I [P]/ 1696 On inspection in June 2018 this slab could not be identified. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 July 2018
A medieval gravestone; significant for its carved depiction of a butcher’s knife and chopping block, reflecting occupational or symbolic iconography in funerary art.

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