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Sundial

Lismore (Coshmore and Coshbride By.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Sundial, Lismore, County Waterford, 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
Lismore (Coshmore and Coshbride By.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.13954, -7.92944
SMR number
WA021-019024-

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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

Noted during a clean-up in the graveyard (WA021-019004-) of St. Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore (WA021-019003-), lying on the ground S of the cathedral. The origins of the cathedral date back to the 12th century, though most of the surviving fabric probably dates to the 17th century, when it was largely rebuilt. The sundial is incised on the upper end of a thin slab of sedimentary stone. The upper surface is badly fractured and spalled. The sundial appears to have been semi-circular with a hole for the gnomon half way along the top horizontal line. Seven incised lines radiate from this point dividing the sinister quarter (half of the semi-circle) into six roughly equal segments. Of the dexter quarter only about half of it survives, with no incised lines. However, the remaining portion appears to have broken off along a fairly clean straight break, suggesting that it may have split along an incised radius.

See attached photograph by Bernice Kelly (taken 18 October 2020).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 2 November 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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