
What is recorded here
Located on a high ridge bordered on it S side by a rocky ledge, with sandhills to N and NW. A rectangular shaded feature (c. 15-17m N-S; c. 9-10m E−W) with ‘Church’ in gothic script written beside it, is shown on the 1836-7 OS 6-inch map; the location is annotated ‘Church (Site of)’ on the 1840-1 edition. In the OS Letters, O’Donovan recorded ‘an old edifice, in ruins, at which there was formerly a burial [SL008-096002-] as tradition says.’ He theorised that it might be the ‘Creadran Cille, which is mentioned in the annals at the year 1257’ as the site ‘in Ros Cede’ of a battle between Godfrey O’Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell and Maurice Fitzgerald, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (O’Flanagan 1928, 133-4 (53)). There are no visible remains of a church or graveyard (SL008-096002-) at the location.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 December 2016
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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