Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Aghanagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghanagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03452, -8.32591
- SMR number
- SL040-236----
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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 a small grove of trees on top of a low rise on Aghanagh Point, on the W shore of Lough Arrow. The remains of a rectangular structure (ext. 12.4m E-W; 8m N-S) defined on the E and W sides by the foundation courses of a stone wall (T 0.9m) and on the N and S sides by a slight scarp. According to local information, this structure is the remains of a church.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.