Church (in ruins) — Darver

Built of roughly coursed limestone blocks and greywacke; undivided nave and chancel (int. dims. c. 23m by c. 4.15m, Wth of walls c. 0.9m). In a poor state of preservation with part of W wall collapsed and large areas of S and N walls totally destroyed. E gable window splayed and built of undressed limestone on the outside, while inner face has been robbed of its moulded or dressed stone. Gaps in N and S walls at W ends may represent opposing doorways. It would appear from the type of stonework and the positions of the opposing doorways that this is a late medieval church. A piece of dressed sandstone with diagonal tooling, indicating a twelfth- or thirteenth-century date, was found on the rubble of the destroyed N wall, but is hardly from the present structure. (Tempest 1952b, 130) The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 July 2007