Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Kilteel Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilteel Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23194, -6.52455
- SMR number
- KD020-007012-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Found during conservation work outside the S wall of the nave of Kilteel church (KD020-007002-). A fragment of a coffin-shaped slab with two hollow mouldings along the chamfered edges and a raised stem up the centre. It is of probable 13/14 century date. (Manning 1981-82, 205, 207).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
Manning, C. 1981-2 Excavation at Kilteel Church, Co. Kildare. Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society 16, 173-229.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.