Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland
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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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
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.