Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavey
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.97075, -7.24427
- SMR number
- CV026-052001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Davies (1948,111) recorded an early church site at this location and Guest (1936,109) recorded a sheela-na-gig from the site (CV026-052002-). No visible remains of a church at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.