Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Rahill, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahill
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rahill Church (in ruins), Graveyard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rahill Church (Site of), Graveyard
- Coordinates
- 52.91081, -6.70922
- SMR number
- CW001-003001-
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the N portion of a D-shaped graveyard the present remains consist of the foundation courses of a rectangular structure of granite rubble (max. H 1m) (dims. 20.3m E-W; 8.4m N-S; chancel L 11.2m), aligned E-W, and divided into two roughly equal chambers. To the NE of the graveyard, slag, burnt clay, and some medieval sherds were noted in the ploughsoil. To the NW of graveyard, a distinct circular patch (diam. 15m) of dark soil was noted on a slight rise after ploughing, possibly a fulacht fia (CW001-003003-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 16 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Industrial siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.