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Sarcophagus

Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Sarcophagus, Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.), 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
Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.65187, -7.25193
SMR number
KK019-026310-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny. A decorated 13th-century sarcophagus (L exposed 0.56m; Wth 0.67-0.7m), made from fossiliferous limestone, partially uncovered during the 2015 archaeological excavation of the church (Ó Drisceoil 2019, unpublished). The sarcophagus was found in situ, orientated E-W, slightly raised above the medieval floor level c. 6m from the E end of the chancel. It has curved shoulders and externally the sides taper inwards slightly. The E end and the exposed part of the S side had been removed in antiquity. The interior is roughly tooled and the top of the side panel is flat and finely tooled with a straight chisel. The entire exterior face is carved in low relief with a row of four ogee-headed recesses. It remains in situ under the present ground level.

Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil

Date of upload: 21 November 2022

References

Ó Drisceoil, C. 2019 Excavations at St. Mary's Church and Church Lane, Kilkenny 12E0314. Unpublished final report for Kilkenny Archaeology.

Nearby in the register

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

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