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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Killukin (Boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Killukin, County Roscommon, 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
Killukin (Boyle By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.92894, -8.10957
SMR number
RO011-047003-

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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

The parish church of Killukin (RO011-047001-) and its graveyard (RO011-047002-) are situated on the terrace above the NW bank of the SW-NE Killukin River. They are also within a possible D-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 160m WNW-ESE; c. 180m plus NNE-SSW) defined by the line of the original Carrrick-on-Shannon to Elphin road (R368) that curves W of the graveyard and is c. 100m from it SW-NW. This perimeter can be shown to continue S-SW as a feature visible on LiDAR imagery, and this section was confirmed by two remote sensing techniques that identify it as a likely stone-filled ditch (Curran 2016, 9). However, evidence of the line of this enclosure where it would return to the Killukin River NW-NE of the church was not recorded because of extensive disturbance in that area (Curran 2018, 6-8). Evidence of an oval ditched enclosure (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) recorded in positive magnetometry readings just N of the graveyard was also recovered and may represent an inner sanctum of the early church (Curran 2016, 9). Tober Chonaolanaigh or Connellan's Well (RO011-045----) is c.500m to the SSW.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 June 2018

References

Curran, S. 2016 Geophysical survey report: Killukin, Co. Roscommon. RMP: RO011-047001-/02-; Licence No.: 16R0121. Unpublished report, Author

Curran, S. 2018 Geophysical survey report: Killukin, Co. Roscommon. RMP: RO011-047001-/02-; Licence No.: 17R0159. Unpublished report, Author

Nearby in the register

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

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