Abbeycartron

Area

1,572 m²

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 423 m².

Zoning

M5 Outer Core (Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective

Townland

Abbeycartron

Planning applications on this parcel

• 23 Sept 2020N/a

  Part 8 of Planning & Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) Elphin Town Centre Public Realm Enhancement & Redevelopment of the former Courthouse

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20374

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 11 recorded monuments.

• RO016-127001 Cathedral
  Description

  Ono, a Druid and one of two brothers who owned this territory sought gold from St. Patrick for the site of a a church. For this offence the saint said that none of the Cinel Mac Earca would rule the Connachta but would always be allies of their kings. A contrite Ono offered his own fort to the saint who brought forth a spring at Ail Fin which means the fair spring of the stone (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 2-5; Bieler 1979). Another derivation of the name, using Welsh sources, suggests that St Brendan may have been the founder and it means ‘the rock of the fair one’ (Beggan 2016). Elphin supplanted Roscommon (RO039-043006-) as the diocesan centre by c.1170, probably because of the strength and reputation of St Patrick's abbey (RO016-148001-), but a separate cathedral of St Mary had been built by the early 13th century and is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin diocese in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). There were eight bishops named O'Conor before 1343, one of whom, Tomaltach, became Archbishop of Armagh in 1180. After a disputed election in 1244, the elections came more under the direction of the King and the Pope. Roland de Burgo, appointed in the 1540s, was the first Protestant bishop and Elphin continued as the diocesan centre until 1961. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 75-7) The church was damaged in 1641, and a new cathedral was erected on the original foundations in 1757-8. This was rebuilt in 1823, while the apse was added in 1872. The church was largely demolished in 1964, and the remains conserved in 1982 (Gibley 1988). Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope, at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (RO016-127007-) (int. dims 60m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by masonry walls and containing 18th - 20th century headstones. The remains consist of a rectangular structure (int. dims 21.45m E-W; 7.63m N-S) defined by conserved walls (H 2m; T 0.95m). The base of the rectangular tower (int. dims 2.5m E-W; 2.35m N-S; H c. 3m) is at the W end, and a chapter room (int. dims 6m N-S; 4.85m E-W) with featureless masonry walls (H 1.4m; T 0.6m) was added at the W end of the S wall. The apse (int. dims 6.45m N-S; 5.35m E-W) at the E end of the nave has 5 round-headed windows, but the base of its piers, and the step separating it from the nave, are of dundry. Two (RO016-127003-; RO016-127004-) of at least four 17th century grave-slabs (Weld 1832, 356-2; Burke 1895, 102-5, 111-7), including that of Bishop Edward King, are within the church. There is a record of a 'font stone' (RO016-127006-) which it was commonly believed held the imprint of St Patrick's knee. This relic, which may have been a bullaun stone, was destroyed by rebels in 1641 (Burke 1895, 112). St Patrick's Well (RO016-127008-) is c. just N of the graveyard. This was enclosed in a masonry pier (dims 0.8m x 0.8m; H 0.8m) in the 19th century. It was re-established in 1984, enclosed in its pier, and provided with a patio, at which time a large stone (RO016-127009-) was erected nearby to commemorate the original foundation (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 2-4). St Patrick's abbey (RO016-148001-) is probably c. 550m to the N on the site of the post-medieval bishop's palace (RO016-126----). A test excavation (00E0171) c. 50m W of the graveyard failed to yield any evidence associated with the church or settlement (Halpin 2002), but a test excavation (00E0579) produced a paved area (dims 1.5m N-S; 0.8m E-W) outside the N wall of the church (Carey 2002). Test excavations (01E0704) c. 100m S of the church produced a stone-lined 18th century kiln (RO016-127010-) (dims 2.3m E-W; 1.4-1.6m N-S; D 0.6m), which was probably for corn-drying (Read 2003d, 355; 2006n). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 7 October 2017

• RO016-127002 Wall monument
  Description

  Placed on the inner face of the S wall of St Mary's Cathedral (RO016-127001-), E of the doorway to the chapter room is a limestone slab (Wth 0.43m; H 0.62m; T 0.08m) commemorating Nathaniel King, dated 1636. Weld (1832, 360) records the inscription as: Here lieth / the body of / Nathaniel / King / 1636 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127003 Wall monument
  Description

  The memorial of Bishop Edward King, dated 1638 was on a wall of St Mary's Cathedral (RO016-127001-), but it does not survive. It was recorded by Burke (1895, 111), and by Weld (1832, 358) as: Here lieth the body of Edwa- / rd King Doctor in Divinity co- / nsecrated Bishop of Elphin anno / Dmni 1610 and continued Bp in that / See until the eight of March / 1638 on which day and yeare he / died at the age of 63. This Bisho- / p much augmented the revenue / of the see was a constant pre- / acher of God’s word and a man / of great sanctity of life. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127004 Wall monument
  Description

  There is a record of a memorial slab to John Hodson, who died in 1685, which was located on the wall of the chapter house of Elphin cathedral (RO016-127001-) (Burke 1895,115). This does not survive, but was read by Burke as: DEPOSITUM JOHANIS HODSON / NUPER ELPHININSIS EPISCO- /PE QUI OBYT 18TH FEBRY / ANNO DOMINI 1685 / ET AETATIS SUAE 77 / HIC REQUISECIT / SPE BES- / TAE RESUR- / RECTI- / ONIS. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127005 Wall monument
  Description

  There is a record of a memorial slab to an unknown person with the date 1623 which mentions his wife, Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Weld 1832, 359) in the cathedral (RO016-127001-). The stone survives (Wth 0.9m; H 2.1m; T 0.1m) against the inner face of the N wall but its inscription is illegible apart from the dates in roman numerals. Weld recorded the inscription as: MS / Exuviae / Audoenni ovd….armiger / Quas in Elphinesai…. recondi…./ Supremis….ulis…./ manebit / Cartissimam fidem in Catholico / Fidelium resurgentium coeternum induendi / Natus est anno aerae Christian… / MDCXXIII (1623) Denatus XVIII Januarii anno / MDCLXIIII (1664) / Uxore Elizabetha Fitzgealdr / Cum sexi Iberis superslite / Quae doloris suae atque amoris / partier summi / Hoc monumentum / Viro maerens posuit /Tandem deposuit quiequid erat / Mortale Elizabetha supra scritn….. The rest was illegible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 19 June 2015

• RO016-127006 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In the graveyard of Elphin cathedral (RO016-127001-) there was a 'font stone' which it was commonly believed held the imprint of St Patrick's knee. This relic was destroyed by rebels in 1641 (Burke 1895, 112). This may have been a bullaun stone rather than a font, but it does not survive. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127007 Graveyard
  Description

  The cathedral of Elphin (RO016-127001-) is at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (int. dims 60m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by masonry walls and containing 18th - 20th century graves. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127008 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St Patrick's Well, just N of the cathedral (RO016-127002-), was enclosed in a masonry pier (dims 0.8m x 0.8m; H 0.8m) in the 19th century. It was re-established in 1984, enclosed in its pier and provided with a patio, at which time a large stone (RO016-127009-) was erected nearby to commemorate the original foundation. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127010 Kiln
  Description

  A test excavation (01E0704) c. 90m S of the church (RO016-127001-) produced a stone-lined 18th century kiln (dims. 2.3m E-W; 1.4-1.6m N-S; D 0.6m), which was probably for corn-drying (Read 2003d; 2006n). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-128001 Ecclesiastical residence
  Description

  A palace for the C. of I bishop was built on the site of St Patrick's church (RO016-148001-), after the supression of the Franciscan friary in 1563. It was built by bishop King, probably in 1629, and may have been a fortified house which was known locally as the castle. It was abandoned by bishop Tilson in 1645 (Weld 1832, 361), and was occupied by Franciscans 1650-54 (Giblin 1988). Funds for a Grammar School and the Cathedral (RO016-127001-) were provided in 1685 in the will of Bishop John Hudson, and these were partly used to provide a new palace but the site was moved to the present Bishop's palace (RO016-126----) (ibid. 362) when it was begun in the 1750s by Bishop Smyth. Situated on a slight ridge, c. 200m E of the Cathedral (RO016-127001-), its site was identified by J. O'Donovan in a field known as the Castle Garden in the 1830s (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 19). Nothing is visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

And 1 more.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

Flooding

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Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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