Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Newtown (baker), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (baker)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54545, -7.31765
- SMR number
- KK027-012033-
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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
Associated with the medieval church of Newtown Earley (KK027-012001-) but not included in the catalogue of graveslabs from Newtown Earley described by Harte (1987, 408-17), most of which were uncovered during a clean-up of the graveyard (KK027-012009-) in 1985-7.
Described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 327) as a, 'coffin-shaped uninscribed slab of the 13th century, with incised cross having two tranverse bars, after the manner of Archiepiscopal pectoral crosses. This is said, but incorrectly, to have been placed over the grave of Milo Sweetman, Archbishop of Armagh from 1361 to 1380'. The graveslab was within the church when visited by Carrigan (ibid.).
Reference:
Harte, R. 1987 Tombstones at Newtown Earley. Old Kilkenny Review 39, 408-17.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 4 May 2023
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.