Among them is a single slab that rewards close attention: nearly two metres long, tapering from almost three-quarters of a metre at the head to less than half a metre at the foot, its chamfered edges and incised decoration speak to a carver working with quiet confidence somewhere in the thirteenth or fourteenth century.

The decoration on this particular slab follows a precise vocabulary. At its centre is a three-armed floriated cross, meaning a cross whose terminals branch into leaf or flower forms rather than ending plainly. Beneath the cross-head sits a circular knop, a small rounded protrusion that anchors the design, with a scroll curling outward from either side of the shaft just above it. The shaft itself does not simply end; it resolves into a stylised calvary mount, rendered as four concentric semi-circles suggesting the stepped base traditionally associated with the hill of Golgotha. R. Harte, writing in the Old Kilkenny Review in 1987, catalogued this slab as part of a broader study of the Newtown Earley tombstones following the 1985 to 1987 clearance work, and placed it stylistically within the 13th and 14th century range on the basis of these formal characteristics.

The slabs, including this one, are now sheltered within the church interior rather than dispersed across the graveyard, which means they can be examined at close range. The incised lines are shallow but clear, and the overall composition, with its interplay of botanical and architectural motifs compressed into less than two metres of stone, gives a good sense of how medieval commemorative carving balanced symbolic programme with available surface.