Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone sculpture
Slanecastle Demesne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slanecastle Demesne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70788, -6.54649
- SMR number
- ME019-026003-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
from Bradley and King (1985, 143): St. Catherine stone 15th century. Large, crudely-shaped block of limestone among loose stones beneath the tower of St. Erc's Hermitage (ME019-026----). It is squared off on one side showing St. Catherine with a wheel in her left hand and her right hand across her chest. She is dressed in a cloak caught over her left arm and tunic with a crown. The style is not unlike the apostle stone (ME019-026---). Dims H 0.48m; Wth 0.48m; T 0.2-0.32m.
Date of upload: 15 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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regularunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.