Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Gracedieu, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gracedieu
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50935, -6.22153
- SMR number
- DU007-015002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
There are two inscribed 16th-century graveslabs to the N (c.20m) and W (c.6m) of the remains of the nunnery (DU 007-015001-) contains a worn inscription around the margin (dims. L 1.6m, Wth 0.85m, T 0.45m). The western graveslab bears an incised cross with a stepped base and floriated arms.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 29 November 2014
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian, of Arrouaise nunsunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.