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Inscribed slab

Ardane, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Inscribed slab, Ardane, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ardane
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.41013, -8.07731
SMR number
TS074-010007-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the S sector of an ecclesiastical enclosure (TS074-010----) known as St. Berrihert's Kyle and incorporated in an oval stone enclosure, stepped internally, built by the OPW in 1946 (Ó hÉailidhe 1967, 102). This slab is located in the S sector, on top of the wall. It is described by Ó hÉailidhe (1967, 108) as slab 1, composed of grey sandstone (dim. 0.28m x 0.25m; T 0.08m) bearing an inscription in Irish characters: [ ]RGUSSAN [ ]AIT DO. The U-S and the S-A are joined together in ligature. The back of the stone is blank. Ó hÉailidhe suggested translation is 'a prayer for Fergussán' (ibid. 121), however, Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 220-23) suggest that the second line may be a secondary addition.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Ó hÉailidhe, P. 1967 The crosses and slabs at St. Berrihert's Kyle in the Glen of Aherlow. In E. Rynne (ed.), North Munster Studies, 102-126. Limerick. The Thomond Archaeology Society.

Okasha, E. and Forsyth, K. 2001 Early Christian inscriptions of Munster: a corpus of the inscribed stones. Cork University Press.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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