Ancient Town

In 1944 the ITA Survey recorded that the land surrounding Fenagh Abbey (LE025-096001-) on both sides of the road (Fenagh/Mohill) which is known as the 'Commons' was 'bristling with lichen-covered blocks of stone and partly concealed foundations' (Blaney 1944), which may be the remains of a deserted medieval settlement associated with the abbey. In 1969 Norman and St. Joseph identified in their aerial photographs traces of, 'faint earthworks of the ancient settlement' and outside the enclosure (LE025-096004-) a good deal of disturbed ground is visible, perhaps indicating considerable expansion and the settlement of monastic clients or craftsmen-apprentices' (Norman and St. Joseph 1969, 109-10). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 16 December 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1994).