Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Rathmore West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21720, -6.56508
- SMR number
- KD020-009011-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a graveyard (KD020-009006-). A thin Latin cross of green grit with an anchor-shaped base (H 0.98m; Wth 0.52m; T 0.07m) standing at the head of a grave bears an incised inscription in Roman capitals commemorating Peirce Walsh and his wife Joan Malon and the dates 1686 and 1689. (Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 4, 431-2)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.