Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
Templehouse Demesne, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templehouse Demesne
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11184, -8.58493
- SMR number
- SL033-026006-
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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
Lying on the ground within the Templehouse complex of ruined buildings (SL033-026002-) is a limestone mantelpiece (1.2m x 0.4m x 0.3m) which probably comes from the nearby ruined early 17th-century house (SL033-026004-). The stone has been damaged in places but its basic form is clear. On its front face are two side-by-side rectangular panels which bear a Latin inscription which O'Rorke (1878, 320) described as 'three pious proverbs'. Above the panels the face curves outwards, and above this is the flat top-surface of the mantel. The appearance of this stone is compatible with the date of the house, 1627.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Knights Templarsunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.