Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Ballycallan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycallan
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62165, -7.36549
- SMR number
- KK018-072004-
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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
Associated with the medieval church (KK018-072001-) of Ballycallan and situated at the SE end of the graveyard (KK018-072002-) close to the E boundary wall. It is planted upright in the ground (exposed L 0.8m; Wth 0.4m at ground level, broadening out to 0.45m at its upper end; T 0.15m) and tilts towards the E. The E face is decorated with a cross with fleur-de-lis terminals and is incised with a Lombardic inscription which Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 442) transcribes as, 'HIC JACT (sic) SARRAMOYNATH' and translates as, 'Here lies Sarah Moynath'. It is one of four taping graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) in the graveyard noted by Carrigan (ibid.) which appear to date from the 13th/14th century.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 3 February 2021
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.