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Graveslab

Lagavooren, County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Lagavooren, County Louth, 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
Lagavooren
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.71024, -6.34736
SMR number
LH024-041103-

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Limestone slab broken in two and situated in the graveyard immediately S of the church. A heraldic device in false relief has a shield divided with the letters C.L. and A.B. above the arms. The arms on the left are a chevron with three birds' heads, possibly eagles. The inscription briefly says 'hereunder lieth the corpse of Christopher Ledwiche sheriff of Drogheda and his wife who deceased 1642'. (CLAJ 1945, 26; Bradley 1984b, 96-7). One of four tomb or memorial slabs (see also LH024-041091-, LH024-041102-and LH024-041104-) located in the modern church and graveyard; all are seventeenth-century in date.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (entry 943) (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 21 June 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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