Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Knawhill, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knawhill
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27976, -8.83809
- SMR number
- CO006-096003-
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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
Within burial ground (14137), in early ecclesiastical enclosure (13885). Low grass-covered remains (max. H 1.3m; min. H 0.1m) of rectangular structure (17.7m E-W; 7.3m N-S) on S side of burial ground (17m from W bank; 14m from S bank) may be church site referred to by Bowman (1934, 618), although he places it on N side of burial ground. He noted '...about 6 yds of the N side and 5 yds of the W side may be seen' (ibid.).
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.