Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
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
- 53.71714, -6.54262
- SMR number
- ME019-060003-
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
A female stone head (ME019-060004-) is set into the N pier of the entrance to the graveyard (ME019-060016-), and two architectural fragments are set in the graveyard wall nearby. These are a moulded capital (H 0.18m; Wth 0.32m; D 0.36m) and a limestone window spandrel (H 0.24m; Wth 0.34m) (Bradley and King 1985, 146).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 June, 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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.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
- Stone headunder 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.