Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Tlachta, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tlachta
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.62149, -6.87868
- SMR number
- ME030-002----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · 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
Located towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of Wardstown Hill or Tlachta. This is a chapel-of-ease in Athboy parish and is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 53m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by earthen banks with trees. The church is listed as a chapel in Athboy parish called Kilcumny in Dopping’s visitation (1682-5) (Ellison 1972, 9). This is a corruption of Teampul Cuimhne – Remembrance chapel, by which it is still known locally. The church is not recorded in earlier listings. It is an undivided nave and chancel (int. dims 16.35m E-W; 4.9m N-S) defined by the W gable and the base of the other walls (Wth 0.8m; H 0.2-0.4m), with gaps for doorways in the N and S walls. The W gable with an ogee-headed window and a double belfry overhead is now obscured with ivy. The base of an octagonal font (dim. 0.45m; visible H 11cm) with a central drain-hole and chamfered edges is inside the church, and there is a headstone dated 1739 inside the church.
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 upload/revision: 2 January 2015
References
Ellison, Rev. C. C. 1971-5 Bishop Dopping's Visitation Book 1682-5, Ríocht na Mídhe, 5, 1, 28-39; 5, 2, 3-13; 5, 3, 3-11; 5, 4, 98-103; 6, 1, 3-13.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.