Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Mylerstown (drehid Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mylerstown (drehid Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38073, -6.94350
- SMR number
- KD003-011003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a graveyard (KD003-011002-). Fitzgerald (1903-5, 319) recorded, 'Outside, and at the base of the west end of the south wall (of a church: KD003-011001-), lies a slab sunk in the ground bearing (an) almost indecipherable inscription, which faces east ..' commemorating the death of the Rev. Christopher Hevetson in 1698. The graveslab is no longer visible at the location indicated, but may be obscured by collapsed rubble from the church.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.