Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Cuslough Demesne, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuslough Demesne
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Columcilles Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.63051, -9.28438
- SMR number
- MA117-006001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At S end of spit of land, once island of Inishrobe. Ruins of rectangular church (3m N-S; 8.6m E-W); later abandoned in favour of new church (MA117-005001-) (Knox 1908, 94). Walls stand to max. H 1.5m (wall T 0.8m); though poorly preserved. Beehive-like huts to NW and W. Site may have origins in Early Christian Period.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 614.
Date of upload: 5 November 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.