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Graveslab

Fennor (Duleek Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Fennor, 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
Fennor (Duleek Lower By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.70047, -6.53970
SMR number
ME019-035003-

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

A fragment of a graveslab with the date 1548 is recorded from the graveyard at Fennor (ME019-035001-) but was not noted in 2014. It is described (FitzGerald 1914-15) as:
Near the churchyard gate, being used as a headstone, is the portion of a mullion-like stone, measuring 3 feet in length, 9 half inches wide, and 6 inches in thickness (dims c. 0.9m x c. 0.23m x 0.15m); along the length of one face runs a fragment of an inscription in incised black-letter; the opposite face is smooth and plain, and the sides are grooved. What form this monument took is a puzzle, considering the narrowness of the stone and the fact of its being neatly chiselled on all sides. The missing portions contained the names. What is left of the inscription reads: …DE WILKINSTONE GENEROSI QUA KATHERINA…ILLE QUIDEM ANO DNI 1548 ET 24 MES…. FEBRUARII ILLA VERO
Neither the Fiants nor the Inquisitions give one a clue to the possessors of Wilkinstown about this date.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 2 September, 2014

References

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1914-15 Fennor Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 9, 342-3

Nearby in the register

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

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