What is recorded here

Tomb is a tomb (chest tomb) in Kilboy (Graystown parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. A carved stone pieta from the 16th-century chest tomb lies on the ground to the west of the gable of a structure covering a holy well. The Virgin is seated in a flounced robe with three wavy flounces, her bare head and wavy hair falling on her shoulders, while the figure of Christ on her lap has lost its head and legs. One spandrel of the canopied niche carries gothic leafage, and the date must be early sixteenth century.

In grassland on an E-facing slope overlooking small stream to E with rising grassland to W, in upland region. A carved stone pieta from a 16th-century chest tomb (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 227; vol.2, plate 320) lies on the ground to the W of the gable of a structure covering a holy well (TS54-038001-). The well is located in an area overgrown with bushes and trees which has been fenced off from the surrounding land. The sculpture is described by Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 227) as 'The Virgin is seated and she wears a flounced robe, the three flounces with the edge of each flounce forming a repetitive wavy pattern...Her head seems to be bare and her hair falls in waves upon her shoulders. The figure of Christ on her lap is mostly missing, the head and legs being broken away. On the sinister side one of the spandrels of the canopied niche under which Our Lady is seated has some leafage of gothic type carved in it. The date must be early sixteenth century'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 30 January 2012

Chest tomb, 16th century. Its significance lies in the presence of a carved stone pieta, indicating a level of artistic and devotional practice in the region during the late medieval period.

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