Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Graffan, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graffan
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins), Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.91593, -7.99755
- SMR number
- OF044-011002-
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
Situated on top of a natural rise in undulating countryside with 17th-century house (OF044-011001-) to the W. Only the S wall survives of this nave and chancel church with the wall footings of the N wall barely visible. The Nave (6.5m N-S; 12m E-W; wall T 0.8m) has a single light window at the E end of the S wall. Only a small portion of the S wall of the chancel (4m N-S; 5m E-W) survives. No other features visible. The church is located in the centre of a graveyard (OF044-011003-) which contains 18th/19th-century headstones enclosed by a modern stone wall.
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
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.