Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Abbeypark, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeypark
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28274, -8.21558
- SMR number
- GA088-001005-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is the middle graveslab of three that have been bracketed to the N wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----). The slab (H 1.6m) tapers from the top (Wth 0.55m) to the bottom (Wth 0.41m) and varies in thickness from 0.18m at the top to 0.09m at the bottom. An incised line around the edges of the slab give it a border and a fleur-de-lis cross decorates the upper part of its face. The graveslab was reused in 1740. Another late medieval graveslab (GA088-001004-) stands to its W and a 17th-C example (GA088-001006-) stands to its E.
The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001005-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 12 July 2023
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.