Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed stone
Aghanure, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghanure
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD035-044----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Fitzgerald (1891-5, 337), ‘Many years ago this inscribed stone was seen by the 4th Duke of Leinster, used as a sill to a barn-door at Brennan’s farm, on the townland of Aghanure … now preserved at Kilkea Castle [KD037-017002-]; it measures 47 inches [c. 1.19m] in length, 12.5 inches [c. 0.32m] in breadth, and 7 inches [c. 0.18m] in thickness; the material is limestone, and the lettering is in relief.’ Its precise original location is no longer known, and record no. KD037-017011- was created for its present location at Kilkea.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 23 December 2013
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1891-5 Miscellanea and Notes. An undeciphered portion of a 16th-century Inscription from near Athy. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 1, 337.