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Graveslab in Moylagh

Graveslab

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Graveslab in Moylagh stands vertically inside the parish church, carrying gothic lettering carved in false relief for Theobalt Cut and Rose Moore in 1637. The stone measures eighty-six centimetres wide and one metre thirty-five visible high, with a thickness between thirteen and eighteen centimetres. Its English words claim the monument for predecessors and successors alike, turning a private burial mark into a warning or invitation for everyone who comes after.
Within Moylagh parish church (ME015-032----). Adams (1870-1, 375) records the graveslab erected by Theobalt Cut and his wife Rose Moore (1637) that is now set up vertically (Wth 0.86m; visible H 1.35m; T 0.13-0.18m) in the church. It is in English and carved in gothic lettering in false relief. Adams transcribes it as: THIS MONUMENT WAS / ERECTED BY THEOBALT CUT OF BALTRASNE AND ROSE MOORE HIS WIFE / AS WELL FOR HIS PREDESE / SSORS AS FOR HIS SUCCESSORS ANNO DOMINI 1637. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January, 2015
17th-century gravestone; significant as a historical monument within the parish church, marking the burial of Theobalt Cut and his wife Rose Moore.

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