Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Killukin (boyle By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
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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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
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 Unpublished report, Author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 Unpublished report, Author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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.