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
- KK019-026363-
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, found in the 18th-century make-up over the medieval floor level in the S transept/crossing during the 2015 excavation (Ó Drisceoil 2019, unpublished). A fragment of a chest tomb mensa or ledger, composed of fossiliferous limestone, with a black letter inscription in raised relief (ibid.). The inscription reads:
…OR.C?
UCREFU…
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 Unpublished final report for Kilkenny Archaeology.
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