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
- 53.71758, -6.54302
- SMR number
- ME019-060014-
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
Apart from the armorial plaque of the Flemings (ME019-060012-) the inner face of the W wall of the cloister at the College has two small stones built into it, one carved with a rose and another that is thought to be a human head, while built into the outer face of the W wall of the tower house c. 1m over the ground is a stone with four roses carved on it.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 January 2021
Amended: 17 February 2021
References
Trench, C. E. F. 1976 (revised edition 1995) Slane, Co. Meath. An Taisce.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.