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Cross-slab

Gallen, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-slab, Gallen, County Offaly, 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
Gallen
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.26473, -7.82414
SMR number
OF014-029107-

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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

Fragment. West Wall, West Facing, South off centre.
Diagram C1
Inventory of Carved Stone ID 000085
Dimensions: Height .12m Width .34 m
Slab fragment. Part of deeply incised triple incised circle. Abutting the upper edge inside the circle is one corner of a double outline thistle device.
Description from Inventory of Carved Stone, National Monuments Service Archive.

Nearby in the register

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

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