Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Knocknashee, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknashee
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97388, -8.29665
- SMR number
- RO006-068011-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
There is a 13th century graveslab representing a bishop as a hand holding a crozier (Hunt 1974, 216, No. 211) in the N transept of the Cistercian abbey (RO006-068005-). (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 49-50)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1988a Urban archaeological survey - county Roscommon. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Cistercian monksunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.