Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Gallen, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gallen
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.26473, -7.82414
- SMR number
- OF014-029119-
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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
West Wall, West Facing, South off centre.
Diagram C13
Inventory of Carved Stone ID 000099
Dimensions: Height .495m Width .30m
Slab. Irregular outline. It bears a six petalled marigold design in false relief enclosed in a lightly incised triple line circle. Concave arcs join the outer tips of the petals.
Description from Inventory of Carved Stone, National Monuments Service Archive.
Kendrick, JRSAI 69 (1939) p. 18 (A173).
References
Kendrick, T.D. 1939 Gallen priory: excavations 1934-5. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 69, 1-20.
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