Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Croaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croaghan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17380, -6.77880
- SMR number
- MO014-036----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise with rock outcrop in an undulating landscape. A small rectangular structure (int. dims 6.3m E-W; 5m N-S) with a doorway (Wth 1.35m) at W is defined by a double-faced stone walls (Wth 0.8m; max. H 0.6m) and is known locally to have been a Mass-station. It is probably the Tassan mass-rock (Ó Gallachair 1957, 114).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 26 February 2018
References
Ó Gallachair, P. 1957 Clogher's Altars of the Penal Days. A Survey. Clogher Record 2, 97-130.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.