What is recorded here

A three-sided chest tomb once stood against a wall above a vault in the graveyard, but time and neglect buried its stones deep in the earth. Fitzgerald dug the fragments from the soil in 1898 and 1900, recovering family arms, a Crucifixion scene, and carved figures in plain niches. The tomb vanished into the ground, waiting for someone strong enough to pull its memory back into the light.

In a graveyard (KD032-037004-) which also contains a ruined church (KD032-037001-) and a cross (KD032-037003-). According to Fitzgerald (1912-14b, 1913, 83), ‘All the stone fragments … were discovered by me deeply sunk in the ground in different parts of the churchyard in March 1898 and April 1900. I caused them to be dug up with local assistance in order to take photographs of and make rubbings from them.’ The fragments comprise two end pieces (L c. 0.64m; Wth c. 0.54m), one bearing the Fitzgerald family arms, the other the Crucifixion, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John, together with three fragments from the front of the tomb, divided into plain oblong niches, each containing a male or female figure, the former clad in armour. Fitzgerald (op. cit) says it was originally a three-sided tomb which stood against a wall above the vault in the graveyard. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 October 2013

Chest tomb, likely medieval in date. Its location within a graveyard containing a ruined church and cross suggests a religious or ecclesiastical significance in a local historical context.

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