Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Toberaquill, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberaquill
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.57625, -7.28635
- SMR number
- WM012-180----
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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
Situated on steep NW facing slope of rising ground in grassland. Toberallen holy well (WM012-204----) 75m to SW, and ringfort (WM012-181---) 175m to SE. The stream which marks the townland boundary with Knockatee lies 30m to the W. A narrow roadway formed the N boundary of Toberallen Churchyard and ran NE towards the public road as shown on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. On this map a small rectangular shaped church aligned NE-SW is shown standing in centre of a small trapezoidal shaped churchyard which may have served as a burial ground (WM012-180002-). This building is depicted as 'Church Site of' on the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. A low grass-covered mound of stones (approx. diam. 5m N-S; 7m E-W; H 0.5m) in the centre of the churchyard marks the site of Toberallen Church. The faintest outline of the levelled church is barely visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 12 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Churchyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 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.