Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Wheery, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wheery
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.25921, -7.81535
- SMR number
- OF014-040001-
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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
Situated on the low-lying flood plains of the river Brosna. Ruins of a simple rectangular church (ext. dims. 8.5m N-S; 24m E-W; wall T 1m) built with irregularly coursed limestone blocks giving the masonry a cyclopean appearance often found on early medieval churches. The walls are in places covered in overgrowth and survive to a max. height of 0.5m on all sides. No architectural features evident with no evidence of a door. A bronze bell and its shrine were found in the nearby river in 1849 and were locally associated with the church (JRSAI 1868-9 Vol. 19, 347-8). Situated in the centre of an ecclesiastical enclosure (OF014-004002-).
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.