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Church in Ballydawley

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Church in Ballydawley
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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a low ridge; in a graveyard (SL020-171002-), within the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL020-17103-). There are no visible remains of the church which was noted in 1836 as 'an old church in ruins, near Killross old Church, called Killeran Graveyard.' (OSL, 256). According to O'Rorke ([1889], vol. 2, 247), 'The place called Kilellin at Ballygawley … contained a church, which preceded in time that of Kilross'. A stone head (SL020-171007-) and a rectangular stone basin from this site are in the NMI (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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