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Graveslab

Abbeypark, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Abbeypark, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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