Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head
Town Parks (Lune By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Town Parks (Lune By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62180, -6.91838
- SMR number
- ME029-023006-
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
There is a string-course externally over the second floor of the medieval tower at St James' church (ME029-023003-), and a grotesque head that is almost eroded away is on the outer face of the N wall.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 January, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.