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Graveslab

Roscam, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Roscam, 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
Roscam
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.26418, -8.98486
SMR number
GA094-072005-

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

Standing upright in the NW corner of a small modern walled enclosure that has been built against the SE corner of the church (GA094-072001-) within the early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA094-072002-) at Roscam. When initially visited by the Galway Survey in March 1983 this medieval graveslab (L 1.59m; Wth across top 0.41cm; base Wth 0.15m) was lying on the grass to the S of the church; by November 1988 it had been moved to its current location (SMR file). The slab, which is bevelled, tapers from top to bottom and it is inscribed with a two-line Latin cross with a decorated head. While the decoration is difficult to make out it appears that the arms of cross bifurcate towards the terminals and there may be a fleur-de-lis at the head of the cross. The shaft of the cross extends along the length of the slab.

The following image has been uploaded: GA094-072005-_01 Graveslab from S

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 19 May 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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