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Church

Rathskeagh Upper, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Rathskeagh Upper, 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
Rathskeagh Upper
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Templelyn
Latest-edition OS map
Templelyn (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.49281, -7.63191
SMR number
WM024-018----

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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 a fairly level platform, on the W-facing slope of a hill, in pasture. Annotated ‘Templum Flanni’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a small rectangular-shaped structure aligned E-W. Building described in 1978 as a small rectangular-shaped structure (dims. 13m E-W; 5m N-S) defined by low grass covered wall-footings with a small section of the S wall (H 1.5-2m) best preserved. A scatter of loose stone lies inside and outside the monument. There is no visible trace of any decorated or cut stone. There is no trace of a surrounding enclosure.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 31 July 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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