What is recorded here
Trapezoidal overgrown graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 60m N-S), still in occasional use; Henchion (1989) records 31 inscribed headstones dating from 1766. Rectangular structure (6m x 2m) to S may be remains of watch house, marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Contained parish church (CO098-037004-) of Cullen which was in repair 1615 & 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 327-8); Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 442) records 'some ruins of the old church'. By 1842 OS 6-inch map shows newly erected C of I church (CO098-037003-) immediately NE of old church, this was concecrated 'under the name of Christ Church' (Brady ibid., 71) in 1849; now reduced to low mound of rubble; no visible surface trace of earlier church. Surrounding this is extensive early ecclesiastical enclosure (5160) (Hurley 1980, 56).
Trapezoidal overgrown graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 60m N-S), still in occasional use; Henchion (1989) records 31 inscribed headstones dating from 1766. Rectangular structure (6m x 2m) to S may be remains of watch house, marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Contained parish church (CO098-037004-) of Cullen which was in repair 1615 & 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 327-8); Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 442) records 'some ruins of the old…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO098-037002
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- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rob Hodgkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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