Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument - effigial
Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardfert
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32883, -9.78152
- SMR number
- KE020-046019-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Effigy of a bishop. 13th cent.
Set upright into the niche on the south side of the east window. Carved in false relief under a cusped pointed arch with foliate decoration on a green sandstone slab. Bearded figure dressed in alb, dalmatic and chasuble, with mitre, amice and fringed embroidered orphreys. His right hand is raised in blessing and the left hand holds an inturned crozier with animal head. Angels rest on his shoulders. Dims: H. 186 W. 44 T. 24.
The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry (31; fig. 7). Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 December 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.