Survey Data
Reg No
13008014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
Date
1650 - 1780
Coordinates
214211, 276056
Date Recorded
01/09/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Remains of single cell church/chapel, built c. 1700 and possibly containing the fabric of an earlier church c. 1500. Now ruinous and covered in vegetation. Portions of south wall and the east gable wall still extant. Built of rubble stone. Graveyard to the south with collection of grave markers, one example dated 1763. Rubble stone boundary wall to the north. Church of Ireland rectory (13008015) to the south. Located to the northwest of Longford Town centre.
Appraisal
This now ruinous and overgrown single-cell church/chapel is of archaeological significance. It may have originally being connected with the Dominican Priory of St. Brigid (founded c. 1400), which was located to the southwest of this site but no longer extant. The presence of a number of eighteenth century grave markers in the graveyard to the south suggests that it may have been still in use as a church/chapel at this time. The Church of Ireland rectory (13008015) to the south hints that it may have been in use as a Church of Ireland church/chapel at some stage. This ruinous structure forms a pair of related structures with the adjacent rectory and it adds to the historic character of the landscape to the northeast of Longford Town. The simple but well-built boundary wall and the collection of grave markers complete the setting and add to this composition.