Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Kilvoydan, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilvoydan
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.94663, -9.05079
- SMR number
- CL017-119001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle SE-facing slope in pasture, overlooking Lough Atedaun c. 230m to the SE. Indicated on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. This large oval-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (diams. c. 115m WNW-ESE; c. 85m NNE-SSW) is defined from W-N-ENE and from SSE-S-SSW by a collapsed drystone wall overlying a grass-covered stony bank. From SE-SW-W the enclosing line is indicated by a curving laneway. Although no longer identifiable, Swan (1991, 63) suggested that the original entrance may have been at the E, based on the placement of a cross (CL017-119004-) just outside the enclosure there. The enclosure contains a graveyard (CL017-119003-) in the E sector which is also the site of ‘Kilvoydan Church’ (CL017-119002-). A dwelling house and modern farm buildings occupy the W perimeter and NW sector of the enclosure.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 16-10-2025
References
Swan, D.L. 1991 Some ecclesiastical sites in Co. Clare. The Other Clare 15, 61-3.
Nearby in the register
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.