Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Enniscoffey Or Caran, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Enniscoffey Or Caran
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45929, -7.26681
- SMR number
- WM026-100002-
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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
Possible ecclesiastical enclosure identified by Swan (1988, 12) who recorded that there was evidence of a possible enclosure in the quadrantal form of the boundary wall of the graveyard (WM033-031001-). Earthworks described in 1977 as following; ‘to the N & S of the graveyard low banks can be seen, running in an arc from the NW corner of the wall to the field bank & on the S enclosing a no. of small subrectangular encloures. There is no indication of any features to the E of the field bank’ (SMR file 16/06/1977). The curving arc of this earthwork running from the NW corner of the graveyard wall may form part of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 24 August 2015
References
Swan, D.L. 1988 The Early Christian ecclesiastical sites of County Westmeath. In J. Bradley (ed.), Settlement and society in Medieval Ireland: studies presented to F.X. Martin O.S.A., 1-31. Kilkenny. Boethius Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.