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Graveslab

Magheross, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Magheross, County Monaghan, 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
Magheross
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.97171, -6.71890
SMR number
MO031-035003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

A graveslab dated 1664 that was SE of the Magheross church (MO031-035001-) (Shelly 2007, 5) is no longer present or was not recognized in 2016.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 2 December 2016

Shelly, A. 2007 Magheross, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan: Conservation Management Strategy for Monaghan County Council: Unpublished Report, Gifford, Southampton.

Nearby in the register

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

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