Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Limerick City,Englishtown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Limerick City,Englishtown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.66834, -8.62355
- SMR number
- LI005-017027-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
16th century graveslab in N transept of St. Mary's Cathedral (LI005-017015-) described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 319) as following; ‘Grave slab. 16th cent. Rectangular limestone slab with a Gothic lettered inscription set into the wall under the "leper squint" in the north transept. Dims: L. 1.84m W.0.7m'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 November 2019
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1989 Urban archaeological survey - county Limerick (3 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.