Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Fennor (duleek Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
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-
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
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.