Tomb

There are two shallow niches at ground level in the N wall of the chancel of Dunbrody Abbey (WX039-030001-), which were for tombs. One may have held an effigy from a wall-tomb said to have been of Hervey wearing chain-mail beneath ecclesiastical robes (Brewer 1825, 375; Hore 1900-11, vol. 3, 19-20; Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 237) that is now lost but was probably spurious (Manning 1997, 116-8). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January, 2013 Amended: 5 February, 2014

Medieval wall tomb with effigy, 13th–14th century; significant as a rare example of effigial tomb sculpture in a ecclesiastical context, possibly marking the burial of a local noble or cleric.