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
- 53.29828, -8.74463
- SMR number
- GA084-001079-
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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 broken graveslab (surviving L 1.09m; max. Wth 0.56m) is located in the nave of the Dominican church (GA084-001) close to the easternmost pier of the aisle arcade. Both ends and the top right side are broken. The slab is bevelled and traces of a raised cross are visible. An illustration by McKeon (2009, 50, Fig. 16: Slab F) indicates that the left terminal ended in a fleur-de-lis motif and a central roundel was also decorated with a cross. The stem extending below the roundel bears a bulbous protrusion and tendrils.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.