Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Formoyle East, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Formoyle East
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11331, -9.24174
- SMR number
- CL002-063002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Set into a SW-facing hillside. Named ‘Penal chapel’ on Tim Robinson’s map (1977) and described by Cunningham (1980, 27-8) as a tiny crude building (3m x 4m) with a small ante-room (3m x 2m). On inspection in 1997 a tumble of stones survived (traceable L 12m; Wth 4-6m) aligned NNE-SSW. There were no obvious wall- or foundation stones. The area was very overgrown with hazel and the stone collapse was moss covered. A bullaun stone (CL002-063001-) mentioned by Cunningham was not in evidence.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 30 November 2015
References
Cunningham, G. 1980 Burren journey West. Shannonside Mid-Western Regional Tourism Organisation.
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.
Large, S. 2011 A church and graveyard survey in County Clare. Database and photographic record. Clare County Council. Clare Heritage Forum. The Heritage Council.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.