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Kilnanooan, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Kilnanooan, 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
Kilnanooan
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Templemoyle Abbey
Latest-edition OS map
Templemoyle Abbey (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.80306, -8.28522
SMR number
RO022-056041-

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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

Towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge, and listed as a Patrician site (Nicholls 1973b). Rectangular structure reduced to the base courses (ext. dims 13.15m E-W; 6.5m N-S; max. H c. 0.5m) with grass-covered cairn material, but no features are visible apart from a fragment of the head of a round-headed window (RO022-056042-) which might be interpreted as a damaged bullaun stone (RO022-056044-) (dims 0.77m x 0.3m; H 0.25m) with a single basin (diam. 0.4m). The church is at the N side of a subrectangular enclosure (RO022-056043-) (dims 70m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by an earthen bank, best preserved at W (Wth 2m; H 0.3m) with internal and external facing stones, or a slight scarp. There is no evidence of burial, but there is local knowledge of burials being uncovered here. Rath (RO022-056057-) is c. 60m to the NNE and Tobercroghoor well (RO022-056039-) is c. 290m to the NNE. (Herity 1987a, 140)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Herity, M. 1987a A survey of the royal site of Cruachain in Connaught. 3. Ringforts and ecclesiastical sites. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 117, 125-41.

Nicholls, K. 1973b Some Patrician sites of eastern Connaught. Dindshenchas 5, 114-18.

Nearby in the register

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

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