Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical site
Capragh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Capragh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- MO031-116----
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is a tradition of a monastic site and cemetery at mouth of stream where it debouches into Capragh Lough. (ITA Survey 1940; Leslie 1929, 289). No remains are visible and the precise location is not known.
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.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
References
Leslie, J.B. 1929 Clogher clergy and parishes. Enniskillen.
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).