Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Rath, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91744, -9.08553
- SMR number
- CL025-084008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Sitting upright in the chancel of Rath church (CL025-084001-). A graveslab (Wth 0.82m; H 0.43m; T 0.1m) with the following inscription in incised capital letters 'The tomb under this vault was built by Christopher the son of Brian MacMurrough O'Brien in the year of our Lord God 1697.' The letters IHS are beneath the inscription. (Westropp 1898-1900, 375)
The following image has been uploaded:
CL025-084008-_01 Graveslab from E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 10 July 2019
References
Westropp, T.J. 1898-1900 Rathblamaic church. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 4, 375.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.