Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed slab
Gallen, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gallen
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.26476, -7.82390
- SMR number
- OF014-029023-
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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
A fragment of a sandstone inscribed slab (dims. 0.08m x 0.09m x 0.03m) unearthed by Kendrick in his 1935 excavations at Gallen Priory. Stone bears an inscription that reads --]CT[-- (Macalister 1949, 75).
Reference
Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 75, Plate XXXV drawing minor reference
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.