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Kilrooan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Kilrooan, 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
Kilrooan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kilrooan Church
Latest-edition OS map
Kilrooan Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.84904, -8.61721
SMR number
RO013-024001-

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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)
  • 1857 · 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

Listed as Kilnardan in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224) and situated on the NE-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge with the NW-SE river Lung c. 220m to the NE. It may have been a Chapel-of-Ease to the parish church of Tibohine (RO014-021001-), c. 8.5km to the ENE. Interrupted sections of the N wall (L at least 10.8m) including at the E end a section of wall (L 3.8m; T 0.8m; H 2.7m) with an external base batter. It is located in the N part of a rectangular overgrown graveyard (RO013-024002-) (dims 40m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW at NW to c. 35m NE-SW at SE) defined by masonry walls with a stile and gate at W. It contains headstones from the late 18th century and grave-markers, and a bullaun stone (RO013-024003-) (dims 0.65m x 0.54-0.74m; H 0.28m) with a single basin (diam. 0.38m; D 0.2m) is inside the gate.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Cal. doc. Ire. - Calendar of documents relating to Ireland 1171-1307, ed. H.S. Sweetman (5 vols., London, 1875-86).

Nearby in the register

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

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