Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Knockroe (kiltoraght Ed), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (kiltoraght Ed)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Kiltoraght Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kiltoraght Church (in Ruins) (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.96615, -9.15095
- SMR number
- CL016-086001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a SW-facing slope in coarse pasture, immediately to the S of a public road and overlooked by higher ground to the WSW and ENE. Named ‘Kiltoraght Church (in ruins)’ on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. It is recorded as being ‘ruyned’ by 1615 and was systematically removed by the local authority around 1900 (Swinfen 1992, 88). According to Westropp (1900-02, 138), it was a parish church that was known locally as ‘Kiltorachtagh’. All that now survives are the grassed-over foundations of a rectangular building (c. 14m NW-SE; 5.6m NE-SW; H c. 0.2m) defined by grassed-over stone and earthen banks (Wth 1.4m). An internal wall subdivides it, with a smaller room (5.6m N-S; c. 4m E-W) to the NW. A narrow gap in the SE side may mark a doorway. Grass-over rubble to the NE may be associated with it.
The following image has been uploaded: CL016-086001-_01.jpg View from E
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 11 May 2022
References
Westropp, T.J. 1900-02 The churches of Co. Clare and the origin of the ecclesiastical divisions in that county. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Series 3, vol. 6, 100-180.
Swinfen, A. 1992 Forgotten stones: Ancient church sites of the Burren and environs. Dublin. Lilliput Press.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.