Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - effigial
Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athlone
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WM029-042058-
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of this effigial tomb has not been identified. Said to have been originally located in St. Mary's Roman Catholic church and reputedly found while digging foundations for either the church (in 1857) or the mortuary chapel (in 1939). It was broken by a falling tree in 1959 but the whereabouts of the pieces is unknown. It depicted an abbess in a long gown with pleated skirt, wearing a low flat headdress with veil. Hunt (1974, 236, 244) dates it to the 16th century (Bradley et. al. 1985, 49).
Compiled by: Rachel Barrett
Date of upload: 15 October 2010
References
Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Westmeath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.