Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Portumna Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portumna Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08599, -8.21756
- SMR number
- GA127-019002-
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
Within the chancel of the friary church (GA127-019----), this recumbent graveslab (L 1.91m; max. Wth 0.88; base Wth 0.74; T 0.09m) is the middle one in a row of three (see also GA127-019001-, GA127-019003-) set in the floor immediately in front of the E window. Described by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 163) as ‘bevelled coffin-shaped slabs’ of 14th/15th-century date. This slab, which is broken in two pieces, bears a Latin cross in low relief. The cross shaft (Wth 0.19m) is decorated with a repeated floral motif and there is a knotwork circle near the crossing. Each arm consists of a square panel: that to the S bears a Greek cross which was formed by subdividing the square into four segments decorated with fleur-de-lis motifs. The panel to the N has one large rosette. The slab is framed by a wide decorated panel (Wth 0.11m) along both sides and the base. An inscription below the N arm reads ‘HERN(?)LI’.
The following images have been uploaded:
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Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 1 May 2019
References
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.