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Graveslab

Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Rathfarnham, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathfarnham
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.30029, -6.28537
SMR number
DU022-013003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A pre-Norman grave slab of Rathdown type lies in two pieces to the NE of the church (DU022-013001-). It is formed from granite (Total L 1.72m). It is decorated on one face with a series of six incised lines which radiate from the centre of the slab. Semi-circular loops are placed along either side and the narrow end of the slab. Below the broad end of the slab are two cupmarks placed on either side of a central line. It has been dated between the 9th and 12th-centuries (Breen 1981, 120-122; Swords, K. ed. 2009, 87).

Compiled by Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 25th April 2012

References

Breen, T. 1981 A pre-Norman grave slab at Rathfarnham, County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3, 120-22.

Swords, K. (ed.) 2009 Pre-Norman grave-slabs and cross-inscribed stones in the Dublin region. 2009 edition of an NUIG MA thesis prepared in 1985. Tallaght, Dublin. Local Studies Section, South Dublin Library.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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