Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballynakill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballynakill Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 54.15273, -8.35820
- SMR number
- SL027-094001-
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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
In level low-lying terrain; in the centre of a graveyard (SL027-094002-). Only a featureless portion of the E wall of the church stands (L 8m; H 1.4m; T 0.9m). Built against the base of its W face is a pile of mortared stone which includes a moulded jambstone (SL027-094003-). These may be part of a window surround, possibly the 'lancet window' mentioned by O'Rorke ([1889], vol. 2, 249). These are the remains of the medieval parish church of Ballynakill.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.