Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Castlerahan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlerahan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.82444, -7.18755
- SMR number
- CV038-008002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Church situated at NW corner of a subrectangular graveyard. Rectangular building of stone and mortar construction (dims. 16m E-W; 7m N-S). Features include a collapsed doorway in W wall, an intact doorway in S wall and one window in the N, E and S walls respectively. Some gravestones and trees within the church. Davies (1948, 80) recorded that the church was erected in the 18th century and was abandoned in 1834. He noted the local tradition that the original Castlerahan church stood '50 yds. to the east' of the present church (CV038-008003-). (CUCAP AYS 34, AYS 35, AYS 36)
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.