Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (ballintober South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grange Abbey
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grange Abbey (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.72874, -8.21949
- SMR number
- RO028-217001-
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
At the outer edge of a shelf with rock outcrop on a N-facing slope. The church (RO028-217002-) and graveyard (RO028-217004-) occupy the NE quadrant of a circular grass-covered enclosure (int. diam. 76m E-W; 70m N-S) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; H 0.1-0.2m) ENE-E, a scarp down to the interior (H 0.5m) SE-S and a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3m; H 0.3-0.5m) with some outer facing stones S-NW. The perimeter is damaged by quarries E-SE and NW-N.
See the attached aerial image taken from the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.