Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Aghnaskeagh, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghnaskeagh
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old R. C. Chapel
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80521, -7.26738
- SMR number
- CV042-001001-
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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
This monument is indicated and named 'Old R.C. Chapel' on the OS 1st. ed. 6-inch sheet. There is no visible surface trace and a modern bungalow and garden occupy the site. Davies (1948, 96-7) had speculated that it may have been used for Catholic workship after the Reformation and noted only two surviving stones of the former church. Apparently an architectural fragment from the church was incorporated into a grotto beside an early 19th century church in Mountnugent. A stone cross (CV042-001002-) is situated at the W end of the field in which the church was located. (O'Donovan 1995, no. 1608)
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of revised upload: 23 May 2016
References
O'Donovan, P.F. 1995 Archaeological inventory of county Cavan. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.