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Graveslab

Knocknashee, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveslab, Knocknashee, County Roscommon, 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
Knocknashee
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.97388, -8.29665
SMR number
RO006-068013-

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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

There is a graveslab commemorating Ua Mailchanig (Fitzgerald 1910-12a; MacAlister 1945, vol. 2, 17, No. 553) in the N transept of the Cistercian monastery (RO006-068005-) (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 50-1).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

FitzGerald, Lord W. 1910-12a Boyle Abbey. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 8, 622

Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1988a Urban archaeological survey - county Roscommon. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Macalister, R.A.S. 1946 Monasterboice. Dundalk. Tempest.

Nearby in the register

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

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