What is recorded here

Site of Church & Grave Yard is a graveyard in Kiltoom, County Westmeath, Ireland. It sits in pasture land with the Yellow River to the north and Lough Derravaragh 770 metres to the west, possibly marking the location of the Early Christian monastery of Ceall Tóma or Tuama. The present remains consist of a poorly preserved low earth and stone sub-rectangular mound measuring approximately 7 metres east to west by 2.75 metres north to south and 0.6 metres high, with traces of a curving bank extending southeast to meet the eastern field boundary.

Situated in an area of pasture-land with Yellow River to N and Lough Derravaragh 770m to W. Earthwork (WM007-025----) 400m to ESE. 230m to the E there is a well, marked 'Toberawaugh' (WM007-130----) which could be the remains of a holy well. Annotated as ‘A place called The Tomb’ on the OS Fair Plan map. Depicted as ‘Site of Church & Grave Yard’ (WM007-008----) on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Possibly the site of the Early Christian monastery of Ceall Tóma/Tuama founded by Ninnidh Láimhiodhan of the Ceinéal Laoghaire whose feastday fell on the 13th of November (Masterson 1998, 43-4; Ó Riain 2011, 516). The graveyard appears to be represented as a dotted circular enclosure on the 1837 map. Present remains consist of a poorly preserved low earth and stone sub-rectangular shaped mound (approx. dims 7m E-W x 2.75m N-S; H 0.6m). There is a hint of some low earthworks to the S and E and in particular traces of a curving bank which extends away from the mound, curving SE to meet the projecting corner of the E field boundary. No surface remains visible of a church or graveyard. Cultivation ridges aligned NE-SW can be seen running across the site. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 February 2017

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