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
- 53.29834, -8.74456
- SMR number
- GA084-001084-
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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 fragment of a graveslab (H 1.13m; Wth across top 0.78m; base Wth 0.82m; T 0.15m) is pinned against the W wall of the lateral aisle off the transept of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-), just to the N of the window. The face bears the stem of an incised cross on a calvary of three steps. Occupational symbols for a ploughman are visible on either side of the cross, a coulter on left side and a plough sock on the right side. The sides of the slab are chamfered and traces of an indecipherable inscription are evident on both edges of it. A number of similar slabs in the church have been dated to the 17th century – see GA084-001055- and GA084-001062- to GA084-001064-. Another 17th-century slab (GA084-001047-) is pinned to the wall to the S of the window.
The following image has been uploaded: GA084-001084-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 13 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.