Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Piercetown (Duleek Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piercetown (Duleek Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58441, -6.42691
- SMR number
- ME033-019002-
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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)
- 1811 · 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
Within the graveyard of Piercetown parish church (ME033-019----). A truncated conical stone (diam. of top 0.32m; diam. of base 0.45m; H 0.32m) that is perforated and has five ribs on the sides and a cordon at the narrower end (SMR file, 1984) is no longer present. It may have been part of the shaft of a font.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 February, 2015
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.