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Graveslab

New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, New Ross, County Wexford, 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
New Ross
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.39630, -6.94052
SMR number
WX029-013035-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

From O’Mahony, A. (1987, 9-10, i) In the sedilia niche in the S wall of the Chancel are the remains of a coffin-shaped slab. The upper half only remains (Wth 0.31-00.49m; H 1.14m; T 0.07-0.13m) and the upper left side of the stone is broken. In the centre is a floriate cross and above this is carved a (female ?) head and neck in an oval hollow. There is a thick band around the neck. Along the edge of three sides of the slab are the remains of an inscription. Beginning on the left side, it reads:
HIC JAC (?).....PACE VERA MERCI PATER –OS- (Here lies... in true peace mercy (?) father.... Date: Late 13th or early 14th century. (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 239, No. 269) (1)

(1) This partial reading is given with the aid of an older photograph from the Photographic Arcive of the National Monuments Service.

Compiled by; Michael Moore

Date of upload: 2 August, 2012

References

O'Mahony, A. 1987 St Mary's, New Ross: church and monuments. Wexford. New Ross Historical Society.

Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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