Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed slab
Commons (duleek Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons (duleek Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65526, -6.42003
- SMR number
- ME027-038002-
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
Built into the inner face of the NW wall of St. Patrick's church (ME027-038001-) is an irregularly shaped limestone slab broken into four pieces (max. dims 1.65m x 0.85m). Centrally placed across the stone is a lightly incised inscription: ÓR DO SCANLA_N. (Anon. 1916, 205; Macalister 1949, 2, 33; Bradley 1980-1, 46)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 August, 2014
References
Bradley, J. 1980-1 St. Patrick's church, Duleek. Ríocht na Mídhe, 7, 1, 40-51.
Anon. 1916 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 46, 189-206.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Round towerunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.