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Church

Kilmannin, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Kilmannin, 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
Kilmannin
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.77297, -8.76519
SMR number
MA093-045001-

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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 pasture, located on a ridge. A commercial quarry lies immediately to W and N.
This church is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. The walls are reduced to foundation level and the date of the church is uncertain.
The rectangular outline (c. 10.3m E–W; c. 6m N–S) is defined by low sod-covered wall footings (Wth c. 1.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.1m). The interior is slightly sunken. There appears to be a break (Wth c. 2m) towards the W end of the N wall. To W of the break, large blocks of stone, possibly displaced, protrude from the sod at the angle of the W and N walls. A slightly raised berm-like feature, varying in width (Wth 5m at E, 2-4m at S) and height (H 0.9m at E, 0.3m at S), borders the outer face of the walls at E and S. The quarry has encroached to within 15m of the W wall and 2m of N wall of the church.
An ogham stone (MA093-045003-) was found here in the early 1900’s; it is now in the National Museum (DU018-355----). A children’s burial ground (MA093-045002-) is associated with the church.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 29 June 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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