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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Culleen More, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Culleen More, 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
Culleen More
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.54935, -7.35156
SMR number
WM019-036001-

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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 natural rise of ground overlooking River Brosna 17m to S and St. Bridget's holy well (WM019-035----) 30m to W. The curving nature of the enclosing wall of Kilbride graveyard (WM019-036----) boundary possibly indicates the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (Swan 1988, 24). No clear evidence for the existence of an Early Christian enclosure surrounding Kilbride graveyard (WM019-036----).

Compiled and revised by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of revised upload: 05 March 2019

References

Swan, D. L. 1988 Early Christian ecclesiastical sites. In J. Bradley (ed.), Settlement and society in medieval Ireland: studies presented to F.X. Martin OSA, 1-31. Kilkenny. Boethius Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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