Survey Data
Reg No
40833009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
Date
1795 - 1800
Coordinates
225936, 402918
Date Recorded
18/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Salvaged inscribed cut-granite slab, dated 1797. Set in grounds shared with The Palace.
Appraisal
A much weathered slab salvaged from an obelisk erected 'IN Grateful memory of the loyalty spirit & it is hoped the wardship of THE RAPHOE CORPS' who successfully defended 'this place [The Palace] when surrounded by robbers murderers & rebels in the year 1797'. The obelisk was erected by Bishop James Hawkins (1724-1807) and originally stood on a slight rise 'directly within view of the palace windows' (Cotton 1849 III, 358) before it was destroyed in 1949 (Journal of the County Donegal Historical Society 1949, 210-1). The salvaged slab was taken into the collection of Donegal County Museum in 2019 (Donegal News 2nd January 2020, --).