Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
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
- 52.65589, -7.25353
- SMR number
- KK019-026534-
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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 St Francis' Abbey (KK019-026101-). The lower of two portions (see also KK019-026533-) of the lower part of limestone graveslab (lower slab L 0.42m; Wth at base 0.49m; D 0.16m). It has a steep chamfer (Wth 0.12m on both sides). It is decorated with an incised cross, this portion of the slab contains the lower end of the cross-shaft (Wth 0.045m) which terminates with a barred knop above a fleur-de-lis. There is an incised inscription in Lombardic script along the sinister side which is clearly visible. The upper portion of the slab (KK019-026233-) reads: …STA DE C and the inscription continues on this lower slab with: LIFTVN, it translates as the name of the person commemorated on the tomb, ….sta de Cliftun.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.