Church in Facefield, County Mayo

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

A building, possibly a church, is shown roughly in the W half of Facefield townland on a map dated 1720 (NLI Ms 2707). Its exact location has not been established.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA091-030

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
Mayo Gaels GAA official club site; drone photographer unnamed, mayogaels.com
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kathy Lyons Photography (watermark on photograph), displayed by Balla Community and Rural Development, www.balla.ie
Gareth James, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com

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