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
- KK019-026551-
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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 St Francis' Abbey (KK019-026101-). A rectangular limestone graveslab (L 1.865m; Wth 0.6m) inserted in the inner face of the E wall of the abbey, beneath the E window. The wall was refaced in the 19th-century, probably as part of the restoration work in 1868-71 (Bradley 1980, 14, no. 50). It is decorated with a three-armed trefoil-headed cross with lozenge centre. The cross-shaft springs from a curving Calvary mount which incorporates a skull and cross bones. The cross-head and shaft are highlighted by a continuous border in low relief. The upper end of the slab (L 0.55m) is completely blank. The remainder of the slab, which is the portion occupied by the cross, has a border consisting of a narrow band (Wth 0.025m) in low relief. Bradley suggests a 17th-century date for this graveslab (ibid.).
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.