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Church

Gortatogher, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Gortatogher, County Mayo, 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
Gortatogher
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church in ruins
Latest-edition OS map
Church (Site of)
Coordinates
54.10197, -9.21229
SMR number
MA030-068001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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 average, undulating pasture, located on a slight rise. This church is depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular building, marked ‘Church in ruins’; on the 1930 edition, a cross or ‘site of’ symbol is shown, enclosed within a hachured, sub-circular area, annotated ‘Church (Site of)’.
A low, grass-covered rectangular rise (c. 13m N–S; c. 23m E–W) is evident at the location, which appears to incorporate the foundations of the levelled church. It is defined around the perimeter by a slight raised rim (Wth c. 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m), from which stones protrude, and stones break through the sod also in the interior area. The perimeter is broadly slumped (Wth 3-4m) at N and E. A field fence skirts the W end of the site.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 12 December 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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