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
- 53.33960, -6.27140
- SMR number
- DU018-500----
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 (L. 1.12m x Wth 0.7-0.54m x T. 0.14m) 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; ‘Coffin-shaped slab. Prob. 13th cent[ury]. Limestone. Stepped sides but otherwise undecorated’ (Hunt 1974, 140).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
References
Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press. Bradley, J. & King, H. (1988) Urban Archaeological Survey, Dublin, Volume 4. A report commissioned by the Office of Public works (Unpublished).
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.