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
- KK019-026402-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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: KD039). A fossiliferous limestone jamb (L 0.63m; Wth 0.28m; T 0.283m) of an arch, chamfered (Wth 0.11-0.115m) on either side of the soffit (Wth 0.125m). The soffit, chamfers and sides of the jamb stone are covered in a fine plaster render, with three thin decorative bands (Wth 0.015m) running horizontally across the soffit and chamfers, 0.22-0.25m apart. There are also patches of a later rough render on top of the fine render.
See attached photograph:
KK019-026402-_01 (photograph by Chris Corlett)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 25 January 2023
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.