What is recorded here

Graveslab in Newtown is a broken stone marker from the medieval church of Newtown Earley, lying inside the building after a graveyard clean-up in 1985-7. Its surviving lower portion still shows a chamfered edge and a cross-shaft with a knop above a simple fleur-de-lys terminal. The making hand may have pressed that small flower into stone for someone whose name has not survived.

Associated with the medieval church of Newtown Earley (KK027-012001-). A large number of graveslabs were uncovered during a clean-up of graveyard (KK027-012009-) in 1985-7 (Harte 1987, 408-17). These are currently lying within the interior of the church. The lower portion of a graveslab (surviving L 0.5m; Wth 0.3m; Wth 0.35m where broken below centre of slab) with a chamfered edge. It is illustrated by Harte (1987, 411), with dimensions, but does not have a catalogue number or description. The illustration shows a cross-shaft, with knop above a simple fleur-de-lys terminal. Stylistically this graveslab dates to the 13th/14th century. Reference: Harte, R. 1987 Tombstones at Newtown Earley. Old Kilkenny Review 39, 408-17. See attached: KK027-012032-_01 Illustration from Harte 1987, 411 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 May 2023

Medieval Christian graveslab, 13th–15th century. Significant as part of a collection from a medieval churchyard, reflecting local funerary practices and craftsmanship.

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