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Church

Sranure, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Sranure, County Offaly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Sranure
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Templekieran (in Ruins), Grave yard
Coordinates
53.19341, -7.29530
SMR number
OF026-033----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Poorly preserved graveyard (OF026-033001-) with no evidence of a church however the wall footings of a building are visible in the N sector of the graveyard. This building is not a church because it is orientated on a N-S axis. The earliest datable gravestone dates to 1795. No other features visible. Test excavation that was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 01E0431 on the site of a proposed new dwelling at Sranure, Co. Offaly, on 28 May 2001 revealed remains of possible ecclesiastical enclosure (OF026-033002-). The development site lies immediately east of a church site (OF026-033----) and graveyard (OF026-033001-) and there is a holy well (OF026-034----) in the field to the north.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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