Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Whitechurch, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitechurch
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.27601, -6.28364
- SMR number
- DU022-030003-
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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
Attached to exterior of chancel near the S wall of church (DU022-030001-). This is of regular shape, tapering towards one end (L 1.02m, Wth 0.40m, T 0.09m). It is deeply incised with two diagonal lines runnning from corner to corner with a cup-mark at the intersection (Ó hÉailidhe & Prendergast, 1977, 139-140, Swords, K. ed. 2009, 87).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 25 April 2012
References
Ó hÉailidhe, P. 1973 Early Christian graveslabs in the Dublin region. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 103, 51-64.
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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.