Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Callan South, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Callan South
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54408, -7.38985
- SMR number
- KK026-010044-
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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
Lying prostrate in the centre of the nave of St Mary’s church (KK026-010012-), Callan. The lower portion of a limestone slab (L 1.01m; Wth 0.68m; min. T 0.06m), of which the border on the sinister side is also missing. The dexter side is straight sided while the bottom is chamfered along the top edge. It is decorated with an incised cross-shaft which terminates on a stepped base. There is faint lettering visible along the dexter border but it is not legible.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 2 October 2019
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.