Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque
Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowran
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62875, -7.06521
- SMR number
- KK020-060041-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 the 17th-century mortuary chapel adjoining externally the S wall of the nave of the 13th-century church of St Mary’s (KK020-060006-) in Gowran. A rectangular limestone plaque (H 0.63m; Wth 0.49m; T 0.14) with deep classical moulding, cyma recta and ovolo, on three sides, though straight-sided along the base and lower dexter side (L 0.25m). The moulding on both sides projects out towards the base. It appears to have designed to rest on a pedestal, partially built into a corner or recess. The armorial shield is very worn. Beneath it, within three lines is an inscription in raised Roman capitals, ‘THE ARMES OF RICHARD PEMBR AND JOHAN RAGG’. The upper edge of the plaque has been damaged, giving a nibbled effect and a rectangular notch (dims. 0.09m x 0.04m) has been cut out along the dexter edge.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 18 September 2019
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.