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
- 53.28276, -8.21547
- SMR number
- GA088-001007-
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 late medieval graveslab has been fixed against the N wall of chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----), just to the E of the doorway that leads to the sacristy. The slab is broken (H 1.14m; T 0.12m) and it tapers from the top (Wth 0.55m) to the bottom (Wth 0.44m). No decoration or inscription are evident. There are two other late medieval graveslabs in the chancel - see GA088-001004- and GA088-001005-.
The following images have been uploaded:
GA088-001007-_02.jpg
GA088-001007-_03.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
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.