Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
Fiddown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fiddown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32862, -7.31482
- SMR number
- KK042-001012-
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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
A possible chest tomb with a Latin inscription in Roman capitals commemorating a person named Fennell. The tomb is dated to c. 1620. (Cockerham 2009, 355)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 27 May 2013
References
Cockerham, P. 2009 My body to be buried in my owne monument: the social and religious context of Co. Kilkenny funeral monuments, 1600-1700. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 109C, 239-365.
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