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Tomb - chest tomb

Donaghmore (Fassadinin By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Tomb - chest tomb, Donaghmore, County Kilkenny, 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
Donaghmore (Fassadinin By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.77915, -7.32767
SMR number
KK010-005006-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Within the chancel of Donaghmore church (KK010-005001-) against the S wall. A fragment of the mensa of a chest tomb (L 0.65m; Wth 0.95m; T 0.2m) decorated with a four-armed fleur-de-lys cross with an inner circle. Portion of the border survives on either side. This may be a fragment of the tomb (KK010-005003-) mentioned by Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 83).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 3 May 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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