Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Towards the top of the gentle W-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Ardakillin Lough c. 350m to NW. This is the parish church of Killukin, the identity of which in the ecclesiastical taxation of Pope Nicholas IV in 1306 is not clear (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). It is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 18.1m E-W; 8.6m N-S) defined by the W wall (H 3.2m; T 0.9m) with good quoins at the SW angle but no other features, and the basal courses of the other walls (H 0.5-0.8m). It is within a D-shaped grass-covered enclosure (RO028-108002-) (dims 50m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-1m) with the straight side at N. There is no evidence of burial, and the perimeter at E is overlain by a N-S field wall. A rectangular limestone block (RO028-108003-) (dims 0.32m x 0.25m; L 0.44m) with a carved face at one end (Siggins 1990, 45) is now in Strokestown Heritage Centre (RO029-012----).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 9 November 2018

References

Cal. doc. Ire. - Calendar of documents relating to Ireland 1171-1307, ed. H.S. Sweetman (5 vols., London, 1875-86).

Siggins, A. 1990 Heads and tails of stone. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 3, 45-8.