Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Waterford City
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26048, -7.10665
- SMR number
- WA009-005077-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
From: Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. vol. 2, 277.
Graveslab 13th/14th century. N. wall of the nave of the Franciscan church (WA009-005032-).
Tapering sandstone slab with a very defaced surface set against the N wall of the nave. It originally had an incised fleur-de-lys cross with a marginal inscription in Lombardic lettering. The slab was re-used and an incised two-line Roman lettered inscription ws added to the top end of the stone:
PECSE (?ROOT) / SA WY (/XI),
(Power 1894-5, 217).
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.