Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Fore, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fore
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68138, -7.22837
- SMR number
- WM004-035023-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Coffin-shaped grey sandstone slab (dims. H 0.78m; Wth 0.42-0.5m; T 0.11m) of 13th or 14th century date. Set upside down inserted into the surface of the graveyard 1.7m E of the E gable of St. Feichin's church (WM004-035003-). It is deeply buried but is decorated with an incised cross within a border (Bradley et. al. 1985, 79).
Compiled and updated by: Rachel Barrett and Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 24 April 2015
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Westmeath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cross - Wayside cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.