Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Abbeyland South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61815, -8.74133
- SMR number
- GA017-005004-
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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
Lying recumbent in the chancel of the church (GA107-005001-), close to the E gable. Described by Higgins (1987, ii, 361, no. 83) as a weathered subrectangular sandstone slab (L 0.95m; tapering from 0.52m to 0.49m; T 0.14-0.16m) bearing a two-line Greek ringed cross on a long shaft. A grooved line visible on each side of the slab may be part of a single-line frame around it. Both ends of the slab, particularly the lower end, are broken. Some pieces of mortar noted on it suggest that it was previously incorporated into a structure at some stage.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 24 May 2018
References
Higgins, J.G. 1987 The Early Christian cross slabs, pillar stones and related monuments of County Galway, Ireland, 2 vols. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 375. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.