County: Dublin Site name: BALLYMUN: St Pappin’s Church
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 01E0271
Author: Margaret Gowen, Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Tomb - unclassified
Period/Dating: Modern (AD 1750-AD 2000)
ITM: E 715452m, N 739595m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.393876, -6.264126
The recording of the dismantling and relocation of a 19th-century tomb/monument took place. The composite stone monument is in the grounds of St Pappin’s Church in the townland of Ballymun, Co. Dublin. It is a rectangular limestone structure, standing above ground, and is contemporary with the church, built in 1847. The monument is dedicated to the memory of a coachman of the Domville family of Santry Court. Neither it nor the church is recorded in the Sites and Monuments Record. The tomb had to be relocated as part of redevelopment of the church and grounds.
Before being dismantled, all of the visible elements of the monument were clearly numbered, and the structure was surveyed and drawn at 1:20. The exact structural composition was determined before the removal of the top capping stone and the unblocking of an opening on its western side. This revealed that there was a burial within the monument that had evidently been moved in the relatively recent past. The decaying coffin was placed on a timber plank base, facilitating its removal and replacement without further support. A complete survey of the vaulted interior of the monument was undertaken before dismantling, including a floor-plan and cross-sectional drawings, and the relocation went very smoothly.
The survey and supervision were undertaken by Simon Dick.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
