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
- 53.29822, -8.74480
- SMR number
- GA084-001060-
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 rectangular graveslab (L 1.85m; Wth 0.61m; T 0.11m) is the second slab to the N of the blocked doorway at the W end of the S wall of the nave of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-). It is broken in two pieces. It bears an incised Latin cross with expanded wedge-shaped terminals at the head and arms the stem ends on a calvary of three steps. An inscription above the cross reads: PRAY FOR THE SO/ VLE OF ROGER GR/ ANY AND HIS/ WIFE KATHERIN/ HIGIN AND THE/ IRE POSTERITY/ 1688 (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 40).
The following images have been uploaded:
GA084-001060-_01.jpg
GA084-001060-_02.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 12 November 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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.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
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 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.