Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athenry
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29829, -8.74481
- SMR number
- GA084-001037-
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
This tapering graveslab (L 1.37m; Wth across top 0.52m; base Wth 0.3m; T 0.12m) is the second in a group of four, moving from N to S, at the W end of the aisle. A broken example (GA084-001038-) lies to its N. The slab is decorated with a floriated cross and bears no inscription. Other similar graveslabs (See GA084-001034- to GA094-001037-) in the church are dated to the 13th/14th century (McKeon 2009 50, Fig. 19: Slab I). (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 34)
The following images have been uploaded:
GA084-001037-_01.jpg
GA084-001037-_02.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 9 November 2018
References
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
McKeon, J. 2009 The Dominican priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Athenry: High-medieval history and architecture. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 61, 24-56.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.