Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33954, -6.27181
- SMR number
- DU018-498----
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 LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
13th-century coffin-shaped limestone graveslab/head-slab (L. 1.54m x Wth 0.8-0.54m x T. 0.13m) located inside St Patrick’s Cathedral (DU018-020269-). Described in the Urban Survey of Dublin City (Bradley and King 1988, Vol. 1, 81) as a; ‘Slab with head in relief. 13th cent[ury]. Coffin-shaped limestone slab with chamfered edges’ (Hunt 1974, 140).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
References
Bradley, J. & King, H. (1988) Urban Archaeological Survey, Dublin, Volume 4. A report commissioned by the Office of Public works (Unpublished). Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Sarcophagusunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Wall monument - effigialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.