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, -7.10636
- SMR number
- WA009-005094-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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: 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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works.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, 282-3.
Graveslab. 1639. On the ground under the tower at S of the Franciscan church (WA009-005032-).
Rectangular limestone slab. Incomplete, in seven pieces. Set under the south side of the tower. It is decorated in low false relief with a marginal Roman lettered inscription, a fleur-de-lys cross with an IHS in the centre flanked by the sun, moon, symbols of the Passion and coats of arms. The symbols of the Passion include the flowering rod, spear, stick, cup and crown of thorns. The inscription survives in part on two sides of the slab:
…MERCATOR QVI OBIIT/ 5 DIE MAII A DNI 1639 E VXOR EJVS ANAST [as]/
Dims. 1.86m x 1.023m; T 0.14m.
Power (1894-5, 218; Mems. Dead VI (1904-06) 159.
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.