Kilbride Medieval Graveslab, Wicklow

Kilbride

Hollywood graveslab

In the western section of Manor Kilbride old graveyard stands a 13th century granite graveslab. It belongs to a group of slabs known as 'the Hollywood slabs' I wandered around the graveyard several times before I spotted the 72cm high slab. I had been looking right at it on my first walk around but had dismissed it, I was not expecting to see a modern plaque attached to it. The arms and shaft of a cross extend the full width and height of the slab. Similar to other slabs in this group, it has been reused as a gravemarker, and erected upside down. The letters E and N were inscribed on the cross later. The main cross may be buried in the ground. See Hollywood slabs.

Kilbride Hollywood graveslab In the western section of Manor Kilbride old graveyard stands a 13th century granite graveslab. It belongs to a group of slabs known as 'the Hollywood slabs' I wandered around the graveyard several times before I spotted the 72cm high slab. I had been looking right at it on my first walk around but had dismissed it, I was not expecting to see a modern plaque attached to it. The arms and shaft of a cross extend the full width and height of the slab. Similar to other slabs in this group, it has been reused as a gravemarker, and erected upside down. The letters E and N were inscribed on the cross later. The main cross may be buried in the ground. See Hollywood slabs.

Situated: Manor Kilbride is situated about 8.5 kilometres north east of Blessington. Take the N71 north from Blessington for 6.5 kilometres. Turn right onto R 759 after about 2kilometres turn left. The graveyard is about 400 metres down here, on your right. Discovery Map 56: O 0262 1757. last visit May 2019. Longitude : 6° 27' 51" W Latitude: 53° 11' 55" N Google Map Photos: Jim Dempsey.	West face
Ref: Corlett, Christiaan. “The Hollywood Slabs: Some Late Medieval Grave Slabs from West Wicklow and Neighbouring Counties.” The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 133, 2003, pp. 86–110. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25509110.