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Church

Rattin, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Rattin, 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
Rattin
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.45436, -7.18102
SMR number
WM027-066005-

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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

The outline of a small rectangular building presumably a church standing in the centre of the graveyard (WM027-066001-) is depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. This church was described in 1976 as 'Within the small graveyard (WM027-066001-) enclosure only a portion of the S wall (L 10m; Wth 5m; T 0.85m) of the church remains standing. This contains a S doorway of late segmental type arch. Doorway jambs rebated on W. This wall has been repaired and secured by the Co. Council? Traces of footings now mounded over and other walls can be seen. No further dressed stone can be seen'(SMR file). This building was described in 1981 as 'A small D-shaped enclosure surrounded by a stone wall. Within is the S wall of a church, segment only survives to a height of 3m high, plain doorway and within a raised area gives the outline of the church' (SMR file). Clonfad monastery was founded here around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). The church and graveyard (WM027-066001-) was probably located on the site of the monastery rather than the square-shaped enclosure (WM027-067001-) marked as ‘Monastery’ c. 220m to the NNE on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.

Date of upload: 3 December 2009

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Nearby in the register

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

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