Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Rathduff (madden), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathduff (madden)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53893, -7.26663
- SMR number
- KK027-029040-
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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
One of a large number of graveslabs (KK027-029005-; KK027-029015-, KK027-029016-, KK027-029021- to KK027-029051-) found at Kells Priory for Augustinian canons (KK027-029004-) which have been described and catalogued by Higgins (2007, 453-67).
A fragment of a tapering graveslab (L 0.38m; Wth 0.43-0.5; T 0.09m) which is decorated in false-relief. Only portion of a tapering cross-shaft and an ovoid knop are visible on this small fragment. It was reused as a grave liner in the nave of the priory church in the late medieval/post-medieval period. Stylistically this possibly dates to the 14th/15th century. (Higgins 2007, cat. no. 23, 466, fig. 7.2:10).
Ref.:
Higgins, J. 2007 The medieval funerary monuments. In M. Clyne, (ed.), Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny: archaeological excavations by T. Fanning & M. Clyne, 453-67. Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Dublin.
See attached:
KK027-029040-_01 Illustration in Higgins, J. 2007 The medieval funerary monuments. In M. Clyne, (ed.), Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny: archaeological excavations by T. Fanning & M. Clyne, 453-67.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 31 May 2023
References
Clyne, M. 2007 Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny: archaeological excavations by T. Fanning & M. Clyne. Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.