Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
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
- 52.65175, -7.25205
- SMR number
- KK019-026358-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny, set into the floor of the 18th-century mausoleum known as the 'Bryan Vault' (Bradley 1980, 10). Fragment (L 0.78m; Wth 0.38m), composed of fossiliferous limestone, of a 16th-century chest tomb panel (ibid.). It is decorated with passion symbols including the pierced heart and seamless robe, carved in low relief (ibid.).
Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
Date of upload: 9 January 2023
References
Bradley, J. 1980 Some new and neglected tomb slabs and fragments from Kilkenny. Old Kilkenny Review vol. 2, no. 2 (new series), 5-21.
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