Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque (present location)
Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Waterford City
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26016, -7.10701
- SMR number
- WA009-005127-
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
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
A stone armorial plaque with the Royal Arms of a shield quartered with three fluer-de-lis and three lions passant is currently displayed in Waterford's Medieval Museum which is located in a Medieval Undercroft (WA009-005040-). Its original findspot is not known, but it may have been the arms displayed over St John's Gate (WA009-005002-) as attested by Smith (1746, 188-9).
Smith, C. (1746) The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin.
Compiled by: Michael Moore and Claire Breen
Date of revision: 06 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.