Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument (present location)
Boarmanshill,garranbane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boarmanshill,garranbane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.66557, -8.38545
- SMR number
- LI007-015----
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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
Located in woodland in Cappercullen Glen beside a stream which marks the townland boundary between Garranbane and Boarmanshill with Cappercullen Castle (LI007-010001-) 465m to SW. Limestone slab (H 0.7m x Wth 0.32m) decorated with image of St. Bernard and the symbols of the passion that originally belonged to the wall memorial of the Walsh family dating from 1619 in Owney Abbey (LI014-014002-). Carved stone now incorporated into the W side of a modern roofed mass shelter constructed by the Belgian monks of Glenstal abbey which covers a mass-rock (LI007-014----). Second fragment (H 0.52m x Wth 0.6m) beside image of St. Bernard and also decorated with passion symbols incorporated into wall of mass shelter. See LI014-014017- for more details of monument.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Matt Kelleher based on details kindly provided by Derek Ryan
Date of upload: 4 July 2017
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Wall monument (present location)under 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.