Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Baslick, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baslick
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78598, -8.42914
- SMR number
- RO021-083003-
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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
On a bluff overlooking a N-S stream to E and S. The church (RO021-083001-) is within a graveyard (RO021-083002-) which is in the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure recorded in remote sensing by the Discovery Programme during 2009. The enclosure (diam. c. 90m) is defined by two features that could be earthen banks placed 10m apart or it may be a wide bank with internal and external fosses. There are two outer concentric features that may represent additional enclosing elements (max. ext. diam. c. 240m N-S) or be part of the field system (RO021-083007-) centred on the ecclesiastical enclosure. Within the ecclesiastical enclosure is a smaller enclosure (RO021-083006-) that is situated just NW of the graveyard and is probably the earliest element of the site. (Shanahan 2013, 84)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10th September, 2010.
Amended: 30 July, 2013
References
Shanahan, B. 2013 A report on an archaeological survey at the early Christian church site at Baslick, County Roscommon. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 13, 83-7.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Coffin-resting stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.