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Inscribed stone

Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Inscribed stone, Ardfert, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ardfert
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.33009, -9.77399
SMR number
KE020-047015-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

National Monument No. 358. See the 'Urban Archaeology Survey of County Kerry' (Bradley, Halpin and King n.d., 44). This plaque is inserted into the pier buttress of the south isle of the cathedral (KE020-047----). The plaque 'bears the following inscription in a debased Lombardic script: DONALDVS NIGER O'HEA FRATER MINOR FECIT HOC OPVS PRO AO D MCCCCLIIII [1454]' (Bradley, Halpin and King ibid.).

Compiled by: Sheila Ronan

Date of upload: 12 January 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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