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Graveslab

Freshford Lots, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Freshford Lots, 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
Freshford Lots
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.73258, -7.39743
SMR number
KK013-023013-

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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

In the graveyard (KK013-023001-) of Freshford church (KK013-023001-), 1m E of S end of E gable of C of I church. A tapering limestone slab (max. L c. 1.57m; Wth at top c. 0.65m; T 0.22m), the upper edges of which are chamfered (Wth of chamfer 0.08m). The upper portion of the graveslab, including the cross-head, is missing. The middle portion is badly broken, consisting of four incomplete pieces (top dexter Wth 0.275m x L 0.125; top sinister Wth 0.2m x L 0.36m; lower dexter Wth 0.285m x L 0.43m; lower sinister Wth 0.33m x L 0.26m), while the lower portion (L 0.95m; Wth at top 0.58m; Wth at base 0.425m) is intact. It is decorated in high relief, probably with a floriated cross though the cross-head is missing, the raised shaft (H 0.015m) terminates with a fleur-de-lis with leaves springing from the shaft above it on either side. There is no visible inscription.

See attached photographs:
KK013-023013-_01 Overview of slab from N
KK013-023013-_02 Overview of slab from NE
KK013-023013-_03 Location of slab in graveyard, SSE of S angle of C of I chancel
KK013-023013-_04 Location of slab N of S wall of graveyard

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 22 August 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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