Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Carn (pettigoe Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carn (pettigoe Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.57289, -7.84064
- SMR number
- DG105-003002-
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
Marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map as a 'church in ruins'(DG105-003001-), there is now no trace of the church above ground. In the surrounding graveyard (DG105-003003-), there are several grass-grown mounds. O'Connor (1879, 17) says that the church was erected 'towards the latter part of the 15th century' and measured 66ft × 22ft accord-ing to the remains visible when he visited the site. A ringed-cross (DG105-003002-) .76m in height and 0.27m in diameter seems to fit O'Connor's description of an 'ancient Celtic Cross' transferred from Saints Island in Lough Derg. An ancient roadway to the pilgrimage places at Lough Derg passes the site.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.