Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Kilmore (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (ballintober North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88908, -8.00875
- SMR number
- RO018-002005-
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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
Reported by Mr. Jean-Charles Caillere (8-7-2022). In level pasture and originally enclosing the probable site of the abbey of Kilmore of Tir Briuin na Sinna (RO018-026002*), which was reputedly founded by St Patrick (Stokes 1887b, 95), and later occupied by an Augustinian Abbey (RO018-002003-) and subsequently by a C of I church, and a graveyard (RO018-002004-). ‘Tobermacleggan’ holy well (RO018-003----) lies c. 40m to ESE.
Visible on GoogleEarth aerial imagery dated March 2022 as the cropmarks of the southern section of two enclosing elements surrounding the ecclesiastical site: an inner enclosing bank (est. diam. c. 90m) along with a second, outer enclosing bank (est. diam. c. 140m) are visible E-S-SW of the graveyard.
See attachment RO018-002005-_01 Snip of GoogleEarth aerial image (March 2022) supplied by Mr. Jean-Charles Caillere: enclosing banks arrowed; holy well circled.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 20 December 2022
References
Stokes, W. 1887 The tripartite life of Patrick, 2 vols. London. HMSO.
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.