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Chapel

Legan, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Chapel, Legan, 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
Legan
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Chapel (Site of)
Coordinates
53.62370, -7.64517
SMR number
LF023-039----

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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

In rough pasture, at the foot of a rocky outcrop. Depicted as a rectangular building, orientated E-W, with the designation 'Chapel' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives. The outline of the chapel site has been demarcated by rows of beech trees set so as to form a bower that conforms to the shape of a building. An altar and wooden benchs have been placed in the interior. A holy well (LF023-040----) and a bullaun stone (LF023-041----) lie c. 10m to the SE and c. 45m to the SW respectively. An inscribed stone plaque built into the enclosing wall of the well reads: 'Pray for John Ferrall of / Ardenragh Esq. Consort / and family who erected this monument and left / the ground where of ye Chapple and Well / stands in Honr. of the / Blessed Virgin Mary / Ano Domi 1730'. The date of the chapel is unknown but the stone plaque suggests that it may have been built in the 18th century.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 07 June 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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