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Church

Toberaquill, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Toberaquill, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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