Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone sculpture
Rathmore, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64319, -6.87263
- SMR number
- ME024-017006-
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 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)
- 1869 · 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 fairly unique stone at Rathmore church (ME024-017001-) is the labyrinth stone (dims 0.45m x 0.37m; T 0.16m), one of the few such representations in Ireland, and now on the N wall of the nave. (Leask 1933, 164-6)
See attached image.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 September, 2014
References
Leask, H. G. 1933 Rathmore church, Co. Meath. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63, 153-66.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.