Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Bekan, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bekan
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.75813, -8.84440
- SMR number
- MA092-078001-
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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 NW quadrant of a graveyard (MA092-078002-).
This ruined church is L-shaped in plan. The W gable (L 7m; T 1m) of the main E−W body (7m N–S; 17m E-W) of the church, stands largely intact, but the N, E and S walls have collapsed. The E and S walls are reduced to wall footings (Wth c. 1m); the N wall has been obliterated by 19th-/20th-century graves, which also fill much of the interior of the church. A rectangular extension (6.5m E–W; c. 9m N–S) (possibly a sacristy or accommodation) extends to the N from the E end of the N wall, with its E wall in line with the E gable of the main body of the church; it is defined by wall footings, topped by a loose jumble of stone.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.