Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Dowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70353, -6.44767
- SMR number
- ME020-019004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 broken graveslab with an incised cross and chamfered edge was recorded in the graveyard at Dowth (ME020-019001-) by Du Noyer in 1867. It was re-used as a grave-marker (Stout 2007, Fig. 6), but has not been noted since
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 15 December, 2014
References
Stout, G. 2007 The church and tower house at Dowth, County Meath. in C. Manning (Ed.) From ringforts to fortified houses. Studies on castles and other monuments in honour of David Sweetman, 335-51. Wordwell. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.