Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Freshford Lots, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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.