Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilmagoura, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmagoura
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cill ma Guaire (in Ruins) (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.33792, -8.78915
- SMR number
- CO002-079002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At N end of graveyard (14596); possible holy well (14044) c. 60m to N. Ruinous rectangular church (13.5m E-W; 6.7m N-S). Walls (max. H 1m) mostly reduced to grass-covered foundations; surviving portion of visible masonry on S wall has well-squared rectangular blocks. Possible doorway (Wth 0.67m) with sillstone in situ, in centre of S wall. According to Guy's Topographical Dictionary (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 204), '...at Kilmagoura...the grass-covered remains of [an] old abbey.' Not listed as a monastic foundation by Gwynn and Hadcock (1988). According to tradition, mass was celebrated here during Penal times (Dunworth 1989, 53).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.