Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Abbey West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbey West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12692, -9.05376
- SMR number
- CL003-029013-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the floor of the presbytery in Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-). A 16th/17th-century graveslab with an incised cross occupying its entire length. The base of the cross is stepped. The top of the cross has two horizontal arms of equal length with small crosses occupying the two crossing points. Ornate decorations surround the ends of the arms and the top of the main shaft. A cross-slab with a similarly stepped base and a superimposed 17th-century inscription (CL003-029012-) lies immediately to the N.
The following image is attached:
CL003-029013-_01.jpg View of graveslab from E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 6 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.