Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Cloonroughan (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonroughan (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81823, -8.18400
- SMR number
- RO022-148001-
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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
Described by J. O'Donovan as a possession of the Third Order of Franciscans (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 19), and situated towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. Described locally as a rectangular structure (dims c. 15m x c. 6m; H c.1.5m) with a pointed doorway in the N wall which was almost completely buried. It was removed c. 1985 when burials were found. The site is now occupied by a shed, but a low scarp (H 0.2-0.8m) commencing c. 20m E of the church site and curving S and W (dims c. 35m N-S may indicate an ecclesiastical enclosure (RO022-148002-). A well, c. 50m SSE of the church site and now removed, was not known locally as a holy well (RO022-148004-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1931 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Roscommon collected during the progress of the
Ordnance Survey in 1837. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.