Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Seeaghanbaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seeaghanbaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.19362, -9.29931
- SMR number
- MA021-035001-
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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 a graveyard (MA021-035002-) which is named 'Kilfian' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. No visible remains. The church is not indicated on the OS 6-inch maps; it appears that all trace was gone by the early 1800’s when O’Donovan recorded that the church ‘has been demolished.’ (OS Letters 1838, vol. 1, 275). The placename ‘Kilfian’, and the presence of a cross-slab (MA021-035003-) in the graveyard indicate the possibility that a church of early medieval date existed here.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 May 2016
References
OSL - Ordnance Survey Letters. Letters written by members of the Ordnance Survey's 'Topographical Department' (T. O'Conor, A. O'Curry, E. Curry, J. O'Donovan and P. O'Keeffe) sent to headquarters from the field (1834-41). MSS in Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.