Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Bogtown, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bogtown
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Templeshenane (Site of), Burial Gd.
- Coordinates
- 53.19438, -7.27287
- SMR number
- OF026-036002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
No surface trace visible of church (OF026-036001-) or burial ground. Marked on 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a 'Burying Ground' and described in the OS Field Name Books as 'Templeshenan', which is derived from Teampull Sheanain (St Senan's Church) and described as 'These are the remains of an old church and burying ground (OSFNB 1837-40, vol. 1, 61).
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.