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This record is for a slab dated 1679 which originally formed part of a wall monument to Samuel Burton and is now on the ground near the tower within Clare Abbey (CL033-120----). The inscription reads: THIS TOMB WAS ERECTED BY SAMUELL BURTON ESQR FOR HIMSELF AND FAMILY WHO DESCENDED FROM THE HOUSE OF LONGNOR IN ST CHADES PARISH. SHROPSHIRE. 1679 (Fitzgerald 1900-3, 17) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 May 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL033-120005

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Clarecastle G.A.A. club page; individual photographer not named, clarecastlegaa.clubifyapp.com
  • GAA; photographer not named in photo caption, www.gaa.ie
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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