Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Glebe (ballintober North By., Kilglass North Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glebe (ballintober North By., Kilglass North Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82417, -8.01762
- SMR number
- RO024-005002-
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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
The parish church of Kilglass listed as Kilglasse and described as deserted in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). It is situated on level ground c. 130m from the E shore of Kilglass Lough. Rectangular graveyard (RO024-005001-) (dims 50m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by masonry walls with an entrance gate and stile on the W wall from a public road. There is no evidence of a church, and the headstones date from c. 1855 to the present. The graveyard is now extended to the S (dim. c. 100m N-S) Toberbarry holy well (RO023-048----) is close to the lakeshore c. 600m to the NNW.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.