What is recorded here
Tomb is a tomb (chest tomb (present location)) in Burgagery-Lands West, County Tipperary, Ireland. It preserves a 0.41m high, 0.35m wide and 0.05m deep limestone panel said to have come from Owning, Co. Kilkenny. The upper left and right portions are missing, the left side is broken, and a narrow plain margin remains on the intact upper, lower and right edges.
In the South Tipperary County Museum. This limestone panel (H 0.41m; Wth 0.35m; D 0.05m) of an chest tomb is said to have come from Owning, Co. Kilkenny (KK039-001001-) (see KK039-001003-). The upper sinister and dexter portions are missing and it is broken off along its sinister side. Where the panel is intact there are the remains of a narrow, plain margin around the edge of the upper, lower and dexter side. The panel is decorated with the symbols of the Passion.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Chest tomb; likely dates to the Early Christian or medieval period. Its significance lies in its association with burial practices and stonework craftsmanship in southern Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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