Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
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
- 52.62892, -7.06472
- SMR number
- KK020-060050-
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
Lying on the floor at the base of the N wall of a 19th-century C of I church which was built on the former chancel of the 13th-century church of St Mary’s (KK020-060006-) in Gowran. A tapering sandstone slab (L 1.72m; overall Wth at top 0.48m; overall Wth at base 0.38m; Wth at top surface 0.39m; Wth at base surface 0.32m; D 0.23m), the upper edge of which is chamfered (Wth 0.0.5m). The slab is decorated with an incised cross consisting of a very worn seven-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals within a circle. The cross-shaft terminates simply, with a curving knop above a pointed terminal. There is no visible inscription. Stylistically this dates to the 13th/14th century.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 19 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
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- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.