Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
Ardeenloun East, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardeenloun East
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.22129, -7.31474
- SMR number
- WA016-026003-
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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
Situated on a S-facing slope. The parish church of Newcastle (WA016-026001-) has a chest tomb cover (dims. 1.9m x 1.1m) of James Ronan of Hacketstown dated 1626 (Walton 1980, 70) in the NE corner of the church, but its side-panels with symbols of the Passion is in the SE corner. An octagonal font (WA016-025004-) is just outside the church to the N. A castle site (WA016-025----) is c. 70m to the NW. (Martin 1874-5, 249-50; Power 1895, 169-70)
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 20th December, 2010.
References
Martin, Dr. 1874-5 Proceedings and papers. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 13, 247-50, 437, 479, 481.
Power, Rev. P. 1895 The ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford. Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Journal 1, 133-41, 162-72, 247-53.
Walton, J. 1980 Pictorial decoration on east Waterford tombstones. Decies, no. 14, 67-83.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.