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
- 52.65183, -7.25174
- SMR number
- KK019-026360-
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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parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny, rebuilt into a pier of the main entrance into the church (Ó Drisceoil 2019, unpublished). A fragment of a chest tomb panel, composed of fossiliferous limestone, depicting instruments of the passion (ibid.). It is currently in storage in the NE corner of the S side of the graveyard.
Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
Date of upload: 10 January 2023
References
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2019 Excavations at St. Mary's Church and Church Lane, Kilkenny 12E0314. Unpublished final report for Kilkenny Archaeology.
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