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Graveslab

Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Burnchurch, 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
Burnchurch
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.57551, -7.29765
SMR number
KK023-072007-

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Within the graveyard (KK023-072002-) associated with the medieval church of Burnchurch (KK023-072001-). A tapering graveslab (H 0.59m above ground; Wth at base of slab 0.23m; Wth at ground level 0.31m; T 0.12m), only the lower portion of which is visible as it has been placed upright in the ground upside down where it is being reused as a headstone. It is decorated with an incised cross, only the shaft and the base of which are visible. The cross-base terminates in a fleur-de-lys, above which is a horizontal rectangular knop. Stylistically this graveslab dates to the 13th/14th century.

See attached photograph:
KK023-072007-_01 taken by Christiaan Corlett, 24 August 2022

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 5 September 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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