Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Rinnagan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinnagan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54433, -8.00152
- SMR number
- RO046-004036-
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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 the peninsula of Rindown, c. 160m outside the town wall (RO046-004004-). Possibly an early ecclesiastical site, although there is no evidence of a church within the D-shaped graveyard (RO046-004023-) defined by stone walls. A fragment of a cross-slab (RO046-004024-) was recovered from the graveyard and there are fragments (RO046-004025-) of a cusped ogee-headed window at the location. The church of the crutched friars (RO046-004005-) is immediately to the SW, and the walled garden (RO046-004026-) is immediately to the NW. The two bronze bells (Bourke 1980) and the bronze crucifixion plaque from St John's, now in NMI, may be from this graveyard (Harbison 1984).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Bourke, C. 1980 Early Irish hand-bells. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 52-66.
Harbison, P. 1984 The bronze crucifixion plaque said to be from St. John's (Rinnagan), near Athlone. Journal of Irish Archaeology vol. 2, 1-17. (3)
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.