Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
Inchcleraun, County Longford, Ireland
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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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
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.