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Graveslab

Killaloe, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Killaloe, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killaloe
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.58159, -7.41415
SMR number
KK022-018004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Within a rectangular graveyard (KK022-018001-), associated with a medieval church (KK022-018005-), c. 3m from the E boundary. Embedded upright, though inverted, in the ground where it has been reused to mark a later grave. A tapering limestone slab (dims. H 1.3m above ground; Wth 0.5m narrowing to 0.25m; T 0.25m). The face of the slab is badly weathered, only one simple fleur-de-lys terminal of a probable four-armed cross is visible, as well as the lower portion of the cross-shaft with a similar fleur-de-lys terminal. The underside of the slab is roughly cut. The shape of the slab and the decorative style of the cross indicate that it dates to the 13th/14th century. There is another graveslab (KK022-018002-) of similar date in the graveyard.

See attached photograph:
KK022-018002-_01

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 24 May 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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