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
- GA127-019004-
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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 recumbent graveslab (L 1.98m; max. Wth 0.76; base Wth 0.71; T 0.13m) is on the floor in the chancel of the friary church (GA127-019----), adjacent to the W wall. It bears a framed stepped Latin cross in false relief. The head and arms consist of a central lozenge which end in fleur-de-lis motifs. A triskele is visible in that on the right arm. There is also a small decorated roundel in the centre of the lozenge. The IHS monogram is visible above the head of the cross and a small cross rises from the cross-bar of the letter H. The base and shaft are plain. An inscription beneath the base is in Latin. Within the frame around the sides and base of the slab another inscription indicates that this is a memorial slab to the Madden family dating to 1648. (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 163)
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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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.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.