Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Attirory, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Attirory
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93941, -8.07458
- SMR number
- LE031-039001-
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Shown on 4 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
Located at the top of a prominent drumlin with a N-S section of the River Shannon c. 300m to the W. There is no evidence of a church structure at the ecclesiastical enclosure (LE031-039003-). Nor has any early saint been identified as associated with it (Ó Riain 2011), but the ecclesiastical enclosure at Attirory (LE031-039003-) is undoubtedly the site of an early monastery and the bullaun stone (LE031-039002-) helps to confirm it.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 15 October 2019
Amended: 10 January 2020
References
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.