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Wall monument

Portumna Demesne, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Wall monument, Portumna Demesne, 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
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
GA127-019007-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

This wall monument (Wth 0.65m; H 0.62m) is the lower one of two (see also GA127-019010-) which are set into the N wall of the chancel of the friary church (GA127-019----), immediately to the E of the doorway leading to the sacristy. An inscription carved in relief reads:

PRAY FOR THE SOV
LES OF PATRICKE CA
NVAN & CLARA CA
NVAN, HIS WIFE, W=
HO RAISED THIS M=
ONVMENT FOR TH=
EMSELVES & THEIRE
POSTERITY 1688

The following images have been uploaded:
GA127-019007-_01.jpg
GA127-019007-_02.jpg

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 1 May 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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