Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Tomb — chest tomb in Cashel

Tomb — chest tomb
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Lying in the gravel kerb immediately S of the S angle of St. John the Baptist and St. Patrick's Rock C of I Cathedral which is on the site of a medieval church (TS061-025013-) and within its graveyard (TS061-025035-). A limestone panel (L 1.88m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.2m) which is quite worn and spawled in places. The decorative scheme is divided into three scenes, each within a round-headed frame defined by fluted columns. The central scene is the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by a figure on either side. The cross rests on a skull and cross-bones. The dexter frame contains symbols of the Passion, including a ladder, spear, pincers, hamer, robe and scourging pillar. The sinister scene is badly eroded, though a cock is clearly visible under the apex of the arched frame. There is an inscription between the dexter and central scene and the badly eroded suggestion of an inscription between the central and sinister scence. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.