What is recorded here

Knockmark parish church in County Meath holds a small coffin-shaped graveslab standing upright as a headstone. Its east face carries a bracelet-headed cross and a sword carved in low relief, marking a burial with symbols of faith and strength. The stone remains inside the church graveyard, preserving a personal identity through carved detail rather than written name.

Located within the graveyard of Knockmark parish church (ME044-001----). This is a small coffin-shaped graveslab (H 0.7m; Wth 0.23-0.32m; T 0.1-0.15m) set up as a headstone, which has a bracelet-headed cross together with a sword carved in low relief on the E face. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 April, 2015

Early Christian gravestone, 7th–9th century AD. It is significant as an example of Insular Christian art, featuring a bracelet-headed cross, commonly associated with the monastic tradition of the Irish early medieval period.

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