Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Glebe (athlone North By., Athleague West Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glebe (athlone North By., Athleague West Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church
- Coordinates
- 53.57012, -8.26102
- SMR number
- RO041-048007-
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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 Athleague, listed as Athlag in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224), and marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636 at a place called Gorsagar for Gortasaggart - the priest's field (Simington 1949, Athlone (449)). Situated on the W bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck at the point where the river turns W. The church was described as a chapel of the Lystre family and in poor repair (Lewis 1837, 85). It is depicted at the NE angle of the graveyard on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This was replaced by a new Church of Ireland church, now an anglers' visitor centre, at the SE angle of a subrectangular graveyard (RO041-048015-) (dims 51m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by masonry walls. There is no evidence of the older structure. Test trenching (95E0277) around the church failed to reveal any evidence of a medieval structure (Connolly 1996).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Connolly, A. 1996 Glebe adjacent to graveyard. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 77, No. 243. Bray. Wordwell.
Cal. doc. Ire. - Calendar of documents relating to Ireland 1171-1307, ed. H.S. Sweetman (5 vols., London, 1875-86).
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1949 Books of survey and distribution. County of Roscommon. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.