Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Drumnasillagh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumnasillagh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old Chapels
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.78722, -8.26329
- SMR number
- DG074-008001-
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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
Marked as a church site (DG074-008001-) on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. No trace of this church survives. The site is now enclosed by a rectangular modern graveyard (DG074-008003-). The S side of this graveyard seems to have been built on a roughly circular rise of ground, part of which is evident outside the W wall. The diameter of this rise is c. 50m and its maximum height is 3.26m. The site is located on the floor of an E-W valley surrounded by poor to fair pasture land.
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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.