Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Baile Chláir, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Chláir
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34684, -8.94442
- SMR number
- GA070-035008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located in the N wall of the chancel of the friary (GA070-035001-). Described by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 58) as canopied tomb niche (H 3.3m; Wth 3m) which is supported on short half columns with moulded capitals with small heads facing into the chancel. It dates to c. AD 1400. A 17th-century mural plaque (GA070-035009-) has been set into the niche.
The following images have been uploaded:
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GA070-035008-_02.jpg
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Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 July 2018
References
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.