What is recorded here
Graveslab in Unknown Townland is a limestone slab set in the tower floor of St Audeon's medieval parish church, bearing an eight-armed cross and a Gothic name for Johannes Burnell. The stone lies beneath boots and prayers, turning a forgotten death into a marker people can still touch.
A limestone slab set in the floor of the tower of St Audeon's medieval parish church is carved with an incised eight-armed cross rising from a stepped base and lmarginal Gothic inscription incised a to Johannes Burnell, Balgrffin (L 1.78m, Wth 0.75m).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 16 August 2012
A 14th- to 15th-century Christian graveslab; significant as a medieval funerary monument with Gothic inscription and cross-carving, indicating local ecclesiastical and artistic traditions.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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