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Church

Rathkenny, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Rathkenny, County Meath, 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
Rathkenny
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.74278, -6.63643
SMR number
ME018-003----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · 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

Situated at the bottom of a N facing slope. A small rectangular enclosure (dims c. 25m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) is believed locally to be a church site, but there is no visible evidence of a church, other than that the font, now in the porch at the old Roman Catholic church at Rathkenny (ME018- 002----) c. 900m to the W, is thought to have come from this location, but the font came from the medieval church site (ME012-041----). This may have been a Penal church. There is a well c. 20m to the E of the enclosure.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 15 December, 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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