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Church

Culdaff, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Culdaff, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Culdaff
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church
Latest-edition OS map
Ch.
Coordinates
55.28723, -7.16693
SMR number
DG005-012001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Scotland (Southern part). XIII" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Scotland (Southern part). XIII (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

According to local tradition this is the site of an early Christian church founded by St. Buadan which fell into disuse when taken over by Protestants in the 17th century. A new church was built in 1739 with a tower added in 1828, presumably this church was built on or near to the site of the medieval church(Bonner 1972, 72). The original graveyard around the current church extended from Ardmore where there are the remains of the old burial gd.(DG005-012-). Across the rd. running through the village to where the church now stands, road workers found human bones in the soil while road widening. St. Buadan's Bell a 9th century bell is kept in the village of Culdaff.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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