Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ross, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ross
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.22981, -9.20115
- SMR number
- MA015-038001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In pasture, located in an expanse of marram grass-covered, undulating sand dunes on the W side of Killala Bay. The location of this church is marked 'Site of Church' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, and the OS Letters (1838, p. 259 (135-6)) recorded the tradition that 'there was a church called Teampall Rinneáin at Ross, the site of which is now covered by sand. It was exactly opposite Bartra and was called by this name from its being situated at Rinnaun Point.' There is no visible trace of the church.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.