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Graveslab (present location)

Leggetsrath West, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab (present location), Leggetsrath West, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Leggetsrath West
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.65531, -7.22841
SMR number
KK019-026405-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Originally from the medieval parish church (KK019-026115-) of St Mary's, Kilkenny city. Currently in the OPW store, Kilkenny (Kilkenny depot stone carving number: KD042). A tapering limestone slab, the lower portion of which is missing (Wth at top 0.59m; Wth towards base 0.54m; surviving L 1.3m; T 0.195m). All surfaces have a highly polished finish. The top and sinister side has an upper (Wth 0.07m) and lower (Wth 0.065-0.07m) chamfer while the dexter side is straight. It is decorated with a raised cross with fleur-de-lys terminals and there is a knop along the shaft. The cross arms and shaft and badly spalled. The upper portion of the gravelsab has some bad cracks. Stylistically this dates to the 13th/14th century.

See attached photograph:
KK019-026405-_01 (photograph by Chris Corlett)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 30 January 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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