Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballybrack, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrack
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins), Grave yard (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 52.93377, -7.88567
- SMR number
- OF045-007001-
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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
Located on the E facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. Only the wall footings survive of a small church (17.1m E-W; N-S 9.5m N-S; wall T 1.15m) built with large limestone boulders with rubble infill. Possible threshold stone of doorway at W end of S wall. Immediately to the SW are the remains of an irregular shaped enclosure defined by a scarp with loosely piled rubble on top. Portions of five quern stones were discovered amongst the rubble. No headstones or grave-markers were visible inside the enclosure (OF045-007002-) which defines the extent of the graveyard (OF045-007003-). Probable early medieval church with enclosure that defines the extent of the medieval graveyard.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.