Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
King'S Island,limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- King'S Island,limerick City
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.67083, -8.62338
- SMR number
- LI005-017120-
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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
Collection of stone fragments in grounds of Mercy Convent. Described in the Urban Survey (Bradley et. al. 1989, 333) as following; 'Gathered in the garden are a number of dressed stones including one which appears to be part of a chimney mantle with the initials WMC, heraldic shields and tracery. There is also a stone with the letters SFA and another stone with a fragmentary Latin letttered inscription'. Most probably came from cloister of Dominican Priory (LI005-015047-) but 'some pieces of elaborate foliated carvings probably come from a tomb or sedelia' (Twohig 1995, 110 & Illus. 8b).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.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
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Barracksunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.