What is recorded here
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Medieval church of Collon, a grange of Mellifont Abbey, stood near present Protestant church on slight mound at W end of ridge. Featureless fragment of N wall survives. (CLAJ 1944, 280).
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Collon Churchchurch/chapel · 23 yd
fountainfountain · 60 yd
Settlement cluster in CollonSettlement cluster · 146 yd
Kennys WellHoly well · 675 yd
Black HillMountain / peak · 1327 yd
Pedunculate OakPedunculate Oak · 1721 yd
Irish Military Museum And ParkMuseum · 1.1 mi
Mount OrielMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Cloghar WoodForest · 1.5 mi
Drummond TowerCastle · 2.1 mi
Site of Old CastleCastle, unclassified · 2.6 mi
Mellifont AbbeyHeritage attraction · 2.6 miOther information
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