Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Strade, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Strade
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.92140, -9.12876
- SMR number
- MA070-067007-
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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
Located in Strade Dominican friary (MA070-067001-), one of a group of five graveslabs (see also MA070-067004-; MA070-067008- to MA070-06710-) on displayed against the S wall of the chancel. This graveslab, possibly thirteenth-century in date, was the lid of a coffin-tomb and is tapered in shape. It is nearly intact, though the top left corner is missing. The surface of the slab is worn, but it is possible to make out the outline of a cross, carved in low relief extending the length of the slab. The cross shaft appears to terminate in a trefoil. It seems likely that the design was similar to that of two other slabs (MA070-067004-; MA070-067010-), on which a large bottonée or foliated cross survives.
Attached image:
SL070-067007-_01.JPG
Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye
Date of upload: 29 September 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.