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Church

Carrick (Fartullagh By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Carrick, 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
Carrick (Fartullagh By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.45229, -7.36561
SMR number
WM026-083----

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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 in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped tower annotated ‘Church (in Ruins)’ standing in N quadrant of graveyard (WM026-083001-). Carrick Church ruins described in 1976 as the remains of a rectangular-shaped structure (L 8m; Wth 7m) defined by upstanding walls (T 0.85m) at S, W and N, only the wall footings of the E wall of the church survives. Possible ivy-covered residential tower or bell-tower at W end of single cell rectangular-shaped church. The walls have an internal and external buttress at the W end. A doorway with a crude pointed arch is visible in the S wall at the W end. There are no openings visible in the W gable. The N wall contains a small lintelled window and the S wall has a similar but cruder ope with an intact embrasure. There is a narrow internal division at the NW corner which may be an original feature, perhaps a vault. The burials are mounded up to a considerable height around the remains of the church. There are no early slabs within the interior.

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

Date of upload: 04 November 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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