Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Mullanarockan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullanarockan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.29599, -7.01627
- SMR number
- MO006-022004-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in Tedavnet graveyard (MO006-022002-) c. 4m N of the wall displaying the memorial of Richard Robinson (MO006-022005-). A rectangular stone (L 2.04m; Wth 1.01m; T 0.1-0.15m) has an inscription in roman capitals in false relief over the Forster crest of three inverted arrowheads separated by an inverted chevron. At the bottom are symbols of mortality consisting of a coffin, a skull and crossed bones over the sands of time timepiece, and a bell (Mc Cormick 1983). The inscription reads: HERE LIETH INTERRED THE / BODY OF IOHN FORSTER / ESQUIRE WHO DEPARTED THES / LIFE THE 3rd DAY OF MAY ANNO / DOM 1677.
See the attached image
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 November, 2016
References
Mc Cormick, F. 1983 The Symbols of Death and the Tomb of John Forster in Tydavnet, Co. Monaghan. Clogher Record, vol. 11, 273-86.
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.