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Graveslab

Clonca, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Clonca, County Donegal, 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
Clonca
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
55.26786, -7.17345
SMR number
DG012-002013-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In Clonca church (DG012-002001-). This plain, rectangular graveslab (L 2.12m; Wth 0.91m; T 0.14m) lies on the ground at the E end of the church. The inscription, carved in 10 regular lines, fills the upper half of slab, and names Charles Davenport esquire, who died in 1697, and his wife Margaret.

Attached images:
DG012-002013-_01.JPG Graveslab viewed from SE
DG012-002013-_02.JPG Inscription on graveslab

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 28 October 2021

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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