Sarcophagus

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on an E-facing slope with a ringwork (TN035-030001) to the W and a tower house (TN035-030005) to the E in undulating countryside. Listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Cashel in 1302 (CDI, vol. 5, 283). The ivy covered remains of a nave and chancel church (TN035-030002) with a barrel-vaulted tower built onto the E end of the chancel. There are seven late medieval graveslabs lying prostrate on the floor of the chancel (TN035-03008-014). There is a single late medieval graveslab (TN035-030015) in the SE angle of the nave near the chancel arch. The graveslabs and the sarcophagus are arranged in two rows of four across the width of the chancel. The sarcophagus is situated in the S row of four slabs in the chancel.

Alongside these there is an open stone sarcophagus (ext. L 2m; wall T 0.1-0.2m; H 0.13m; int. L 1.60m; int. Wth 0.63m; ext. Wth 0.9m) without its coffin lid near near the east gable of the chancel to the north of the doorway into the barrel vaulted east tower. One of the graveslabs (TN035-03008/009) on either side of the open sarcophagus may or may not have been its original cover. The graveslab to the S (TN035-030008) and the graveslab (TN035-030009) to the N may originally have acted as the cover for this stone coffin.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.

Date of upload: 22 September 2008