Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Memorial stone
Town Parks (kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Town Parks (kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72774, -6.87967
- SMR number
- ME017-044030-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
From Bradley and King (1985, 1, 81) On the W wall of the church tower. Rectangular chamfered limestone plaque (Wth 0.64m; H 0.5m) with an incised inscription in roman lettering: This wyndowe / was builded bi Ri / chared [Fl] ou [d]I, of / Kenlis merchau / nt the 1[2] of iuli / 1578 whose soule / God take to his / mercies. (Cogan 1862-70, vol. 1, 204; FitzGerald 1898-1900, 4, 456)
Uploaded: 2 July, 2014
References
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Meath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1898-1900 Kells Parish - Kells Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 4, 455-62.
Cogan, Rev. A. 1862-70 Ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. (3 vols) Dublin: John Fowler, Joseph Dollard
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- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.