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Architectural fragment

Kilskeer, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Architectural fragment, Kilskeer, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilskeer
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.69108, -6.99739
SMR number
ME016-043007-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the graveyard of Kilskeer church (ME016-043----) is a piece of a mantelpiece (H 0.78m; Wth 0.33-0.38m; T 0.15m) re-used as a grave-marker. It has a crest with a chevron and a scallop shell, and also has the letters 'R' and 'P' on either side of the crest, and the date 1691. It may have come from the tower house (ME016-042----) c. 35m to the WSW.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 17 February, 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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