Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Loughmansland Glebe, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughmansland Glebe
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lea Church (in Ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lea Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.15538, -7.14131
- SMR number
- LA005-007----
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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
In a low-lying area. Little evidence of church except for a featureless wall fragment (dims. c. 4m E-W; 1.5m N-S) at W side of graveyard (LA005-007001-). Wall foundations visible to E of centre of the graveyard with no obvious pattern. The churchyard of Old Lea lies 380m to the south-east of the thirteeenth century Lea castle (LA005-006-). In 1809 the church at New Lea was built and this site was abandoned.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.