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
- 53.28275, -8.21558
- SMR number
- GA088-001006-
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 easternmost example of three graveslabs that are bracketed to the N wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----). The slab is rectangular in plan (H 1.66m; Wth 0.55m; T 0.12m) with incised decoration on the upper section of the face. It is dedicated to John Colohan who died in XX32. Two late medieval graveslabs (GA088-001004- and GA088-001005-) stand to its W.
The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001006-_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.