Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Newpark, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newpark
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11698, -8.45699
- SMR number
- SL033-167----
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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 pasture, on a gently undulating NE-facing slope. According to MacDonagh (1936, 198), there is a tradition of a church in 'a field called Killack, the church of the flagstones. The church, however, has totally disappeared. The people of the locality say that the field was an old burial ground.' Here, the outline of a large circular enclosure (SL033-167002-), possibly an ecclesiastical enclosure, can still be traced at ground level, but there is no visible trace of a church (SL033-167----) or graveyard (SL033-167001-).
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: 6 November 2017
References
MacDonagh, J.C. 1936 History of Ballymote and the parish of Emlaghfad. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.