Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Shean, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shean
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.30652, -7.05970
- SMR number
- OF012-007001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to the OS letters this was a small graveyard with a slight rise in centre which may possibly indicate foundations of a building (O'Flanagan 1927,30). No surface remains of any church inside small square shaped graveyard (OF012-007002-) which rises in the centre. According to local information skeletons were unearthed during ploughing of the field immediately to the S of the graveyard (OF012-007002-). No reason to assume church ever located inside graveyard.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and bailey1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.