Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Cloonmore (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonmore (ballintober North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Barrys Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Barrys Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.76423, -7.95329
- SMR number
- RO030-004002-
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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
On a gentle W and SW-facing slope. This is an early ecclesiastical site. Traditionally St Barry commenced the building of a church here, but moved to Kilbarry (RO024-016001-) c. 4 km to the NE. Described by J. O'Donovan c. 1837 (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 64) as a large circular cashel or caldragh (burial ground) and depicted as a subcircular enclosure (RO030-004001-) with the church as a rectangular area (dims c. 30m x c. 20m) on its perimeter at S. There is no evidence of the church, but the holy well (RO030-005001-) is c. 180m to the E.
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.