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
- KK019-026537-
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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-). A fragment of the upper portion of a limestone graveslab (L 0.49m; Wth 0.27m; D 0.12m). Only one side survives and it is straight. The graveslab is decorated with a raised fleur-de-lis cross, only one fleur-de-lis and part of a second survives. It is similar in style to another fragment (KK019-026526-) with a raised fleur-de-lis. This fragment is mentioned by Bradley (1980, 14, no. 51).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
References
Bradley, J. 1980 Some new and neglected tomb slabs and fragments from Kilkenny. Old Kilkenny Review vol. 2, no. 2 (new series), 5-21.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.