Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
Cashel, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashel
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51530, -7.88564
- SMR number
- TS061-025089-
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
Lying in the gravel kerb immediately S of the S angle of St. John the Baptist and St. Patrick's Rock C of I Cathedral which is on the site of a medieval church (TS061-025013-) and within its graveyard (TS061-025035-). A limestone panel (L 1.88m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.2m) which is quite worn and spawled in places. The decorative scheme is divided into three scenes, each within a round-headed frame defined by fluted columns. The central scene is the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by a figure on either side. The cross rests on a skull and cross-bones. The dexter frame contains symbols of the Passion, including a ladder, spear, pincers, hamer, robe and scourging pillar. The sinister scene is badly eroded, though a cock is clearly visible under the apex of the arched frame. There is an inscription between the dexter and central scene and the badly eroded suggestion of an inscription between the central and sinister scence.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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