Dotted outline

An oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDU047) taken 19/07/1970 shows Aderrig Church (DU017-028002-) standing on a circular-shaped hillock partially enclosed by an earth and bank field boundary from S to W only which has been partially levelled from W through N to E, with an external fosse enclosing an oval-shaped area (dims. 70m x 50m). A possible inner bank with opening in the S is also visible on the photograph. The field boundary has now been removed and some of the enclosing features can be identified on the ground as an artificially raised area. This oval shaped earthwork enclosing Aderrig church and graveyard (DU017-028003-) is depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map and represents the enclosing element of Aderrig graveyard. The poorly preserved remains of Aderrig Church now stands isolated on an island of uncultivated land in a tillage field with no surface remains visible of grave-markers or any enclosing element that was visible in the 1970 aerial photograph. Enclosing feature visible on Cambridge University aerial photograph may be the remains of the enclosing element of the graveyard which may follow the line of an earlier ecclesiastical enclosure. Outline of levelled enclosure visible as a cropmark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Cropmarks of possible field system (DU017-028004-) to S of church and graveyard visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph, courtesy of Cambridge University Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 29 May 2023