Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab (present location)
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34018, -6.25499
- SMR number
- DU018-470----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Cross-slab from Taghshinny graveyard (LF023-097002-), in rubble close to the N wall. One of two cross-slabs (LF023-97003-). Portion of cross-inscribed grave slab of sandstone (?) In two pieces, representing less than half the original stone. Originally inscribed with a double outlined Latin cross with a circular expansion at the centre and semicircular terminals. The surviving terminal is decorated with a simple key pattern as is the central device. The surviving inscription is incomplete occurring on the sinister side of cross originally to be read vertically. The remaining letters are clearly cut and read: AELM / A / RE. The original inscription may be reconstructed as: [or do m]aelma[i]re. Found loose in rubble in northern edge of churchyard 1999. In 1999 the cross-slab was removed from Taghshinny graveyard by the National Museum of Ireland for safe keeping in Kildare Street (NMI Reg. No. 1999:59).
Cross-reference with LF023-097004-
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 May 2023
Nearby in the register
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.