Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Oileán Dúiche, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oileán Dúiche
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old Chapel
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 55.19342, -8.16507
- SMR number
- DG014-001001-
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A disused burial ground (DG014-001002-) and church (DG014-001001-) in ruins are marked on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was not possible to visit the site during the course of the survey. The site is associated with St. Duach according to local tradition. A previous description of the site recorded the church as being 15 ft by 10 ft with a doorway on the S side 5 ft high, 2 ft wide at the bottom but tapering inwards towards the top. (UJA 1858, 353)
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
- Mound1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.