Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Blanchvillestown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blanchvillestown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63080, -7.12516
- SMR number
- KK020-057004-
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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
Within the medieval church of Kylebeg (KK020-057001-). Lying near the S wall of the chancel, at the E end, embedded in the ground. A tapering limestone slab (L 1.84m; Wth at top 0.65m narrowing to 0.23m at base) with a broad chamfer (Wth 0.07m) around the edges. The top sinister corner is broken off and the top dexter corner is fractured. There is also a diagonal fracture running across the lower portion of the slab. The upper surface is decorated with an incised cross with a triangular cross-head with four fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a knop beneath the cross-head. The cross-shaft terminates with a fleur-de-lis.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 December 2020
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.