Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed slab
Sevenchurches Or Camaderry, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sevenchurches Or Camaderry
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WI023-008022-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated inscribed slab at Gelndalough. Listed by Healy (1972, 13) as slab No. 185 which was located N of the cathedral (WI023-008003-). Described by Healy (1972, 13, 47) as 'a rectangular slab of mica schist 0.9m x 0.55m x 0.09m thick upon which is a single line of an inscription in Irish characters. The letters are fairly sharpy but the reading is not clear. The first eight letters are ÓR DO MURH (or N). The next two are not clear but may be A D. This is probably the stone recorded by Petrie which was recorded as MUREDACH (Petrie 1878, 58). Macalister (1949, 86 ) was unable to locate this slab and doubted its existence when he stated that Petrie recorded the existence of `six slabs, bearing Irish inscriptions', one of which bore the name Muredach. If this stone ever existed (of which I feel no assurance)'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 11 December 2012
See linked document with drawing from Paddy Healy, Supplementary survey of ancient monuments at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished OPW report, 1972.
References
Healy, P. 1972 Supplementary survey of ancient monuments at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Unpublished OPW report.
Petrie, G. 1878 Christian inscriptions in the Irish language. Chiefly collected and drawn by George Petrie, LL. D.; and edited by Margaret Stokes, 2 vols. Dublin.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.