Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Coghlanstown West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coghlanstown West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13639, -6.66073
- SMR number
- KD029-005006-
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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 the blocked up S doorway of a medieval church (KD029-005001-). Portion of a limestone cross shaft (H 0.76m; L 0.25m; Wth 0.18m), set in part of a possible font (KD029-005007-), is carved to allow a narrow rectangular projecting collar girdle a mortice in its upper end. The sides of the shaft are decorated with slightly raised shields above fluted panels and there is an inscription, ‘Eustace, Lord Portlester, 1462’, in 17th-century style lettering.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 27 August 1013
References
FitzGerald Lord W. 1912-14 Coghlanstown, County Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 7, 296-310.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.