Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Killora, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killora
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22021, -8.73447
- SMR number
- GA104-151009-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is one of five 16th/17th century recumbent graveslabs that lie within the church (GA104-151001-). This slab (L 1.92m by 0.7m) lies adjacent to the S wall immediately inside the doorway. It is described by Chapple (1995, 14, no. 6) as bearing ‘a large, incised, ringed, cross calvary. The panels formed by the intersection of the arms and the ring are incised, giving the impression of a false relief decoration. The stone bears a border of two parallel, incised lines. The carving on this slab is comparable in style to three others in the church (GA104-151005-; GA104-151006-; GA104-151007-) and, although undated, is of a type that is found in 16th/17th century burial contexts.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 10 January 2014
The attached image is uploaded courtesy of Robert M. Chapple.
References
Chapple, R.M. 1995 (2001 CD-R Edition) The church of prayers. Gravestone inscriptions from the graveyard of Killora, Craughwell, Co. Galway. Belfast. The Oculus Obscura Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.