What is recorded here

Presby. Meet. Ho. in Ruin stands roofless on a gentle west-facing slope in Drumsna, County Leitrim, preserving walls three to five metres high around headstones dating from 1819. The chamber holds Whitelaw and Parke family markers, including Surgeon General Thomas Heazle Parke, who died in 1893 after African exploration. What is certain is that this is a burial ground within a ruined meeting house; what remains doubtful is how long the community gathered there before the roof disappeared.

Located on a gentle W-facing slope within the village of Drumsna. The rath (LE031-085001-) contains the ruins of a Presbyterian Meeting House according to the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a roofless structure (int. dims 15.6m NW-SE; 6.2m NE-SW) with walls almost complete (Wth 0.75m; H 3-5m) and a single doorway in the NW gable. Within the structure are headstones of the Whitelaw and Parke families dating from 1819, and the African explorer, Surgeon General Thomas Heazle Parke (1857-93), is also buried here. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 October 2019

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