What is recorded here

A lost medieval town still stands beside the River Nore, preserving a church, tomb and household remains that most roads and centuries have erased. The place is not a polite postcard; it is a sharp edge of memory where ordinary life continued after the great stories left it behind. To walk Newtown Jerpoint is to meet the absent half of history, the part that never learned to perform for visitors.

A possible chest tomb with a Latin inscription in Roman capitals commemorating a person named Fennell. The tomb is dated to c. 1620. (Cockerham 2009, 355) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 May 2013

A chest tomb, dated to c. 1620, with a Latin inscription commemorating a person named Fennell. It is a post-medieval funerary monument, significant for its Roman capital lettering and local historical association.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.