Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Rantavan, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rantavan
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80755, -6.94958
- SMR number
- CV044-018001-
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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
Not marked on any OS ed. According to Davies (1948, 115) a chapel is mentioned as having existed at the corner of two fields and the road in this area in 1608. He also noted that some flags in the kitchen of Rantavan House are thought to have come from here and that there may have been a stoup at the site. Tradition that ogham stone at Mullagh (CV040-047----) originated from this church site (local information). Its exact location is not known.
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
References
Davies, O. 1948 The churches of county Cavan. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 78, 73-118.
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.