What is recorded here

A tall bishop carved in the late 1300s or early 1400s still stands against the wall at Slane castle, his right hand raised in blessing and his mitre set upon a double cushion. He may have worn the tomb at St. Mary’s abbey, Navan, before men carried the stone to this courtyard in the late 1700s, stripping it from the chamber where it first watched over the dead.

from Bradley and King (1985, 150): Effigy of a bishop. Late 14th / early 15th century. Set against the wall in the courtyard of Slane castle. It depicts a bishop under a broken canopy. He is dressed in a chasuble over a dalmatic and alb with amice around his neck. He has a mitre on his head which rests on a double cushion. He has prominent ears, the right hand is raised in blessing and the damaged left hand would have held the vexillium draped crozier. The lower part of the slab is damaged but his feet probably rested on an animal. Hickey (1975) has pointed out that this effigy and the ‘Apostle Stone’ at St. Erc’s Hermitage (ME019-026001-) are probably from the same tomb and were moved here from St. Mary’s abbey, Navan (ME025-024----) in the late 18th century. Dimensions: H 1.97m; Wth 0.49-0.59m. (Hunt 1974, 214) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Amended: 15 July, 2014

Effigial tomb, Late Medieval period (Late 14th / early 15th century). The tomb is significant as a rare surviving example of effigial funerary art associated with the ecclesiastical elite in Ireland.

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