Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
Leggetsrath West, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leggetsrath West
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65563, -7.22816
- SMR number
- KK019-026391-
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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
In the OPW store, Kilkenny (Kilkenny depot stone carving number: KD027). A roughly L-shaped piece of carved sandstone (L 0.17m; Wth 0.074m; T 0.05m), one length of which is curving. It is decorated with rope moulding. Possibly from a high cross. It is very similar to the rope moulding which defines the arms, as well as other panels, of the North (TS079-007002-) and South (TS079-007003-) high cross at Ahenny, Co. Tipperary, which have been dated to the 8th century based on parallels with metalwork from that period (Richardson and Scarry 1990, 29, 54-5 (plate 1 and 3).
See attached photograph:
KK019-026391-_01 (photograph by Chris Corlett)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 25 January 2023
References
Richardson, H. and Scarry, J. 1990 An introduction to Irish high crosses. Cork and Dublin. Mercier Press.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.