Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Canon Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Canon Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67926, -9.03707
- SMR number
- CL060-011005-
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 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
A medieval graveslab (L 1.6m; Wth 0.4-0.65m) lying recumbent beneath the E window of the church interior close to the N wall. The slab is slightly tapering and has a bevelled edge all around. It is broken across in two places and there is no apparent carving or inscription. A second medieval graveslab (CL060-011004-) lies beneath the sedilia.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL060-011005-_01.jpg Graveslab from S.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.