Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Cam, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cam
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45583, -8.12980
- SMR number
- RO048-099004-
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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
The graveslab of Walter Lister of Milltown but originally from Yorkshire, which is dated 1622, is inside the SE angle of the parish church of Cam (RO048-099001-). The stone (dims 2.26m; x 0.98m) has an inscription in incised roman capitals along the edges. The inscription has been read (Denny 1907; 1911-12) as: WALTER LISTER OF MILTON GENT BORNE AT WESTBY IN THE / COVNTI OF YOUK OF A ……/….E HOVS AND DIED THE 28 OF JANVARIE 1622.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 5 November 2015
References
Denny, Rev. H. L. L. 1911-12 Cam Church. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, in Ireland, vol. 8, 622-3.
Denny, Rev. H. L. L. 1907 Cam Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, in Ireland, vol. 7, 174-5.
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