Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballycommon, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycommon
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Graveyard
- Coordinates
- 53.29191, -7.37018
- SMR number
- OF018-003001-
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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
Modern church on site. No surface remains of medieval church in the graveyard (OF018-003002-). Church shown in this area on Down Survey (1655-6) map. A Protestant church of 18th-century date now stands on the foundations of an earlier church of which there is no remains. (Comerford 1883, 305)
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.