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Graveslab

Abbey West, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Abbey West, County Clare, 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
Abbey West
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.12694, -9.05376
SMR number
CL003-029010-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Set into the floor of the presbytery of the Cistercian church at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-). A graveslab (L 1.9m; Wth at top 0.56m tapering to 0.42m) bearing a cross carved in low relief with fleur-de-lis terminals to the three arms of the cross and a similar terminal to the cross shaft. A square depression (0.03m x 0.03m) occurs in the centre of the cross head. A crack occurs one third along the length of the stone from the bottom. The slab is chamfered on all four edges to a depth of 0.03-0.04m. A 19th-century inscription superimposed on the upper portion of the cross reads: Michael Gallane/This Tomb The/Property of Patrick/Tool for him/& posterity/1828. (Carey 2008, 18).

The following images are attached:
CL003-029010-_01.jpg Close up of inscription superimposed on graveslab.
CL003-029010-_02.jpg View of tapering slab from the W.

Revised by: Mary Tunney

Date of revision: 4 April 2016

References

Carey, O. 2008 Corcomroe's medieval grave slabs. The Other Clare 32, 18-19.

Nearby in the register

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

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