Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - effigial
Castlemartin, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlemartin
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13740, -6.74933
- SMR number
- KD028-022001-
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 church (KD028-022----). A reconstructed tomb with a knightly effigy, probably that of Richard FitzEustace who died between 1491 and 1496. The side panels are composed of figures within ogee headed arcading, resting on a plinth with hollow mouldings of animals and gothic foliage (Hunt 1974, 154-5).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 26 November 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.