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
- 53.29825, -8.74435
- SMR number
- GA084-001078-
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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 bevelled graveslab (surviving L 1.08m; Wth 0.49m; T 0.1m) is located in the chancel of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-) close to the NW corner of the late 18th-century tomb of Lady Matilda de Bermingham. It is broken in two pieces and the base of it is missing. Traces of an incised Latin cross are evident: on the westerly portion the head and arms of the cross end in stylized fleur-de-lis ornament and on the easterly portion the stem of the cross is visible (McKeon 2009, 50, Fig. 14: Slab D).
The following images have been uploaded:
GA084-001079-_01.jpg
GA084-001079-_02.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 13 November 2018
References
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.