Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - table tomb
Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardfert
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32891, -9.78151
- SMR number
- KE020-046027-
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
Honora. Lady Dowager of Kerry 1668.
Limestone table tomb. In the vestry. Undecorated. Incised marginal inscription in Roman capitals:
THIS MONVMENT WAS ERECTED AND CHAPPLE REEDIFIED IN THE YEARE 1668 BY THE RIGHT HONOVR/ ABLE HANORA LADY DOWAGER OF KERRY FOR HERSELF HER/ CHILDREN AND THEIR POSTERITY ONLY ACCORDING TO HER AGREEMENT [WITH THE DEAN AND CHAPTER]
Dims: L. 213 W. 105 T.11.
Hickson 1888-91, 403-4
The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry (33). Unpublished report.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: 11 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Wall monument - effigialunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Wall monument - effigialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.