Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Baltinglass East, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baltinglass East
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.94395, -6.70953
- SMR number
- WI027-024006-
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Shown on 5 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 recumbent rectangular slab (L 1.83m; Wth 0.89m) on the floor of the chancel of Baltinglass Abbey (WI027-024001-), lying E-W with the head to W. The surface is very badly spalled. A framed coat-of-arms in a recess at the top appears to comprise a shield surmounted by a helmet and mantling. Noted in November 1896 (Fitzgerald 1906-8, 411) as having an inscription in small incised capitals which read: ‘Here lyeth the body of Robert Stratford Esqr who departed this life on the 26th of October 1699.’ Only a few letters are still visible.
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 20 November 2012
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1906-8 Baltinglass Abbey, its possessions and their Post-Reformation proprietors. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 5, 379-414.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Cistercian monksunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.