Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Fassagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fassagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.40199, -7.81758
- SMR number
- WM030-087001-
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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, 10) who recorded that there was evidence of a possible enclosure in the circular form of the boundary wall of the graveyard (WM030-087----).
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 20 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
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- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.