What is recorded here

Ecclesiastical enclosure in Toomour is an ecclesiastical enclosure in Toomour, County Sligo, Ireland. A bishop of Tuaim-fobhair was ordained by St Kevin of Glendalough in the 6th century. The northern arc appears on an aerial photograph, while southern field boundaries may mark the rest of the enclosure. Inside stand a graveyard, a medieval parish church, a memory pillar topped with holy stones, and three cross inscribed stones.

A bishop of 'Tuaim-fobhair' [Toomour] was ordained by St Kevin of Glendalough in the 6th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 407). The outline of the N arc of this enclosure is visible on the OSI 1995 aerial photograph and it is possible that its footprint is represeneted by the field boundaries to the S of the road. Within the possible enclosure are the graveyard (SL040-140004-) and the medieval parish church of Toomour (SL040-140001-), a leacht cuimhne (SL040-140003-), on top of which is a set of holy stones (SL040-140006-), and three cross inscribed stones (SL040-140005-; SL040-140009-; SL040-040010-). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

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