Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Townparks North, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks North
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55856, -6.79063
- SMR number
- ME036-048015-
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
From Potterton (2005, App. 13, 394-5, No. 1, Fig. 11, 1)
Thirteenth/fourteenth-century cross-slab
Set at floor level into north end of the west wall inside the tower of St Patrick's church (ME036-048012-), this small, coffin-shaped limestone cross-slab probably dates to the thirteenth or fourteenth century. It has an incised cross, the terminals, knop and centre of which are formed from compass-made circles. It was discovered during restoration work in 1937, ‘built into the north wall of the church, near the present organ chamber’ (from a placard). [Length: 69cm; Width: 26cm at top, decreasing to 16cm at bottom; Depth: 15cm].
Date of upload: 16 February, 2015
References
Potterton, M. 2005 Medieval Trim: history and archaeology. Dublin, Four Courts Press
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