Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Bawnmore North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawnmore North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilmacoo Church (Site of) (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.23819, -8.91593
- SMR number
- CO015-046003-
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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 graveyard (14546) of early ecclesiastical enclosure (13876). No visible surface trace of church. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular structure (c. 15m ENE-WSW) E-of-centre in graveyard; marked 'site of' on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Church here mentioned in Papal Taxation of 1302-6 (Hurley 1980, 61). According to OS Field Books of 1841 the walls of the early church were then standing, with 'a small square window (2ft x 1ft 6in)' (Bowman 1934, 394).
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.