A large cadaver tombstone slab can be found embedded in the wall at the north-east corner of St Peter’s graveyard, together with the four sides of the tomb itself. The tombstone dates back to the 14th century and is part of a fashion widespread in Europe, although relatively rare in Ireland, which explored bodily decomposition and human mortality. This reflected a preoccupation with death arising from the great plague of 1347 to 1350, and subsequent epidemics. This particular slab dates from 1520 and was associated with Sir Edmond Golding and his wife Elizabeth Flemying, the daughter of the Baron of Slane.
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