Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Ballypheasan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballypheasan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62476, -8.19159
- SMR number
- RO039-055010-
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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
A large fragment of what might be a graveslab is cut into a square piece (L c. 1.2m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.08-0.13m) and incorporated into the coping around the O’Conor tomb (RO039-055003-) at Roscommon abbey (RO039-055001-). It was first noted by Brian Shanahan and recorded by Gary Dempsey. The stone has a raised band, probably from the stem of a cross, down the centre that bifurcates at one end. A raised image of what might be a cat with a small animal in its mouth overlies the stem.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 June, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.