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Leacht

Inchcleraun, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Leacht, Inchcleraun, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Inchcleraun
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.58244, -8.00657
SMR number
LF021-048014-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Within the ecclesiastical enclosure (LF021-048001-) on Inchcleraun, against the E gable of ‘Templemurry’ (LF021-048006-). This possible leacht or 'Saints Bed' is rectangular in plan (ext. dims. 3.8m E-W; 2.8m N-S; H 0.4m) and is defined by a double row of low orthostats set on edge. Another possible leacht (LF021-048015-) lies c. 7m to the SW of the church. (Bigger 1990, 79)

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/1981).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 5 June 2013

References

Bigger, F.J. 1900 Inis Chlothrann (Inis Cleraun) Lough Ree: its history and antiquities. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 30, 69-89.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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