Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Emlagh (castlereagh By., Castlereagh Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emlagh (castlereagh By., Castlereagh Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Emlagh Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Emlagh Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.74538, -8.45710
- SMR number
- RO027-034002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This is an early ecclesiastical site where the abbot's death is recorded in 757 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 383 ). It is situated on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge. The graveyard was destroyed in 1837 by the construction of a NW-SE roadway and no visible trace of it remains, but the base of a cross (RO027-034004-) is almost buried in the road bank on the N side.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.